Badminton News
At $400K Yonex Denmark Open 2011, Odense (Superseries Premier)

[R2] (Q) Anand Pawar (IND,50) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 14-21 13-21
[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) l Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,18) 19-21 13-21

[R2] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Imogen Bankier (SCO) 21-16 21-19

[QF] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (3) Joachim Fischer Nielsen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN)

Disappointing outing for Saina ... She never settled in the match as Tzu Ying take early lead and was leading 15-6 ... Saina tried fightback and managed to make it 18-all but Tzu Ying converted 2nd game point to won the first game ... In the second game early both players were exchanging lead but Saina lost concentration from 10-8 ... Tzu Ying won 5 points in a row and then didn't look back to seal upset win in 36 mins.

Expected loss of Anand against WR #1 Lee.

Diju and Jwala take early control of the match ... They were leading 10-4 and 13-7 before Brit-Scot team crawled back to make it 13-all winning 6 points in a row ... But Diji and Jwala again take 2 pts lead which they increased and won the first game ... In the second game both pairs were neck to neck ... Indians take lead from 4-6 after winning 5 pts ... But Brit-Scot pair take lead after 5 pts from 10-13 lead ... Indians managed to make it 16-all ... Then both pairs wer equal until 19-all ... Indians won last 2 pts to complete their victory in 32 mins ... So with this win Diju and Jwala in the quarter-final in this big Superseries Premier tournament ... Next they will face local 3rd seed pair.