Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Badminton News
At SCG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011, Bangkok

[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt Lan Lu (CHN,24) 21-17 14-21 21-18
[R1] (14) P. Kashyap (IND,23) bt Poodchalat Pisit (THA,101) 21-17 9-21 21-11
[R1] Sourabh Verma (IND,170) bt Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA,74) 15-21 21-19 22-20
[R1] R.M.V Gurusai Datt (IND,62) bt Kwong Beng Chan (MAS,155) 21-10 20-22 21-10
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) bt Tien Chen Chou (TPE,65) 21-14 21-17

[R2] (14) P. Kashyap (IND,23) bt Sukamta Evert (INA,157) 21-13 21-14
[R2] Sourabh Verma (IND,170) bt Jen Hao Hsu (TPE,45) 21-17 20-22 21-16
[R2] R.M.V Gurusai Datt (IND,62) l (16) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,32) 13-21 21-19 12-21
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) l (4) Jin Chen (CHN,11) 12-21 21-15 18-21

[R3] (14) P. Kashyap (IND,23) vs Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (MAS,122)
[R3] Sourabh Verma (IND,170) vs (Q) Beng Hong Kuan (MAS,UNR)
[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs Mitani Minatsu (JPN,97)

Saina crossed first Chinese hurdle ... She defeated former WR #2 Lan Lu in well fought an hour long match ... In the first game Saina take 3 pts cushion from 10-all ... But Lu caught with her at 15-all ... Saina won 4 pts in a row from 17-all to won the first game ... In the second game Lu take 4-0 early lead and kept that lead to won the second game easily ... In decider Lu take early 3 pts lead, 4-7, but Saina won next 6 pts to take 10-7 lead ... Lu fought back winning 4 pts in row to make 18-all from 18-14 down but Saina kept her cool and won final 3 pts to complete important victory.

In men's section also our players had winning start ... Kashyap stretched to 3 games against 100 ranked local player ... Sourabh Verma scored upset win over top-75 Indonesian player in good comeback win, showing his performance at Indian open wasn't fluke.

In mens second round Kashyap scored comfortable win over lowly ranked Indonesian ... Sourabh Verma scored another well fought hard win, this time over top-50 Taiwani player ... But Guru and Ajay lost in 3 games ... Ajay gave creditable performance against top-10 type Chinese player.

Sourabh's next Malaysian opponent looks tricky though he is unranked still in the second round he scored easy upset win over top-20 Yen Hu.

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