Friday, August 12, 2011

Badminton News
At Yonex BWF World Championships 2011, London, England

[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) l (3) Xin Wang (CHN,3) 15-21 10-21
[QF] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt (12) Vita Marissa (INA)/ Nadya Melati (INA) 17-21 21-10 21-17

[SF] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (5) Qing Tian (CHN)/ Yunlei Zhao (CHN)

In the begining Saina and Xin were going neck to neck but from 9-all Xin opened 4 pts lead ... Then again at 13-17 Xin won next 3 pts to gave herself 7 game points ... She converted 3rd game point to won the first game ... In the second game Xin take control from 4-5 winning next 5 pts ... Again from 6-12 Xin won next 5 pts and won the second game comfortably ... Xin scored dominating win over Saina in just 30 mins.

Seeded Indonesian pair take early lead and extended to 9-15 but Jwala and Ashwini fought back and caught with them at 17-all ... Indonesian pair take next 4 pts to win the first game ... In the second game again Indonesians started well taking 1-4 lead but Jwala and Ashwini made it 4-all ... From 7-all our pair won next 7 pts to take control of the game and they won the second game losing another 3 pts ... In the decider both pairs were going neck to neck until 14-13 ... At that time Indians take crucial 4 pts lead and increased to 20-14 before converting 4th match point to reached their first World championship semi-final ... This is huge result for Jwala and Ashwini, now they r dreaming medal at Olympics ... Next they r facing toughest challenge of 5th seed Chinese pair.

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