Friday, September 16, 2011

Badminton News
At $200K Li Ning China Masters, Changzhou

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) l (1) Yihan Wang (CHN,1) 8-21 12-21
[QF] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Robert Blair (SCO)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 17-21 21-19 21-9

[SF] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)/ Ye Na Jang (KOR)

From final score it looks like WR #1 Yihan Wang gave badminton lesson to Saina in their 34 mins match ... In the first game Yihan take control of the game from 6-5 ... She won next 15 pts losing only 3 ... In the second game Saina managed to enter into double figure ... Yihan won 8 pts in a row from 4-3 to take control and won it comfortably to moved into the semis.

Diju and Jwala showed excellent fightback against Scott-Brit pair to enter into semis ... After losing the first game Indian pair take control of the second game from 9-8 winning next 4 pts ... Scott-Brit pair tried comeback winning 4 pts from 13-19 down but Indian pair kept cool to win it ... In the third game Indian pair take control winning 6 pts in a row from 3-all and then kept increasing to won it cvery convincingly ... In the semis they r facing another unseeded Korean pair.

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