Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Badminton News
At $250K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2011, (Superseries)


[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,34) bt (6) Sho Sasaki (JPN,6) 14-21 21-18 21-14
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,26) l (3) Dan Lin (CHN,3) 21-16 17-21 14-21
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) bt Brice Leverdez (FRA,32) 21-11 21-16
[R1] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,56) bt (Q) Tien Chen Chou (TPE,54) 21-18 21-15
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt Tsz Ka Chan (HKG,42) 21-4 21-17

[R1] Rupesh Kumar K. T. (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG) 21-16 21-17
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (8) Christinna Pedersen (DEN)/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) 15-21 14-21
[R1] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Wai Hong Wong (HKG)/ Hoi Wah Chau (HKG) 21-15 26-24

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,34) vs Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS,40)
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) vs (7) Pengyu Du (CHN,7)
[R2] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,56) vs (2) Long Chen (CHN,2)
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs Jie Yao (NED,19)

[R2] Rupesh Kumar K. T. (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs
[R2] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (2) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN)

In end turned to be amazing day for Indians ... Sho take early lead but Ajay managed to make it 12-all ... But from 13-all Sho won next 7 points and converted 2nd game point to won the first game ... In the second game Ajay take 6-0 lead but Sho regained lead when he won 7 points in a row from 5-8 to lead 12-8 ... Then most of the game Sho was leading but Ajay won 5 points in a row from 15-17 and then converted 2nd game point to won the second game ... In the third game Ajay take 7-1 lead which he kept until end to produced superb upset win over WR #6 Sho Sasaki in 49 minutes ... Now Ajay need to took advantage of this open draw and at least reach into the quarters ... Next he is facing Malaysian Muhammad Hafiz Hashim.

Kashyap started well against Dan Lin leading 14-9 but gave chance to comeback and Dan managed to make it 14-all ... From 16-all Kashyap won next 5 points to won the first game ... In the second game Kashyap kept couple of points lead early till 13-11 ... Dan won next 6 points to take 17-11 lead ... Kashyap managed to reduce that lead to 17-18 but Dan won next 3 points to won the second game ... In the third game Dan take 8-2 lead and kept that increasing to won it comfortably ... I feel some fitness issue with Kashyap as against top player he always struggle in the third game and fail to finish match in his favor.

Saina started with comfortable win ... In the first game she didn't give much chance to Chan ... In the second game despite Chan's fight back Saina completed victory quite easily ... Next she is facing experienced Jie Yao, in their last meeting Saina scored dominating win.

Jwala lost in women's doubles but winning start in mixed doubles with Diju ... After winning the first game easily their local opponents stretched them in the second ... But our pair managed to complete victory in straight games after saving few game points ... Next they r facing WR #2 Chinese pair.

Good win by Rupesh and Sanave against higher ranked British pair in men's doubles ... Next they r also facing WR #2 Korean pair.

Arvind scored his first in in superseries after his long injury break ... He won his match in 39 minutes against fellow qualifier ... This win will push his ranking inside top-50 ... Next he is facing WR #2 Long Chen.

Guru also scored upset win over higher ranked French player in straight games and book his match against Wr # 7 Chinese player Pengyu Du.

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