Tuesday, January 03, 2012

Badminton News
At $1M Victor Korea Open 2012, Seoul (Superseries Premier)

[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,66) bt Zi Liang Derek Wong (SIN,48) 21-19 21-14
[Q1] Sourabh Varma (IND,50) l Daren Liew (MAS,47) 21-15 14-21 18-21
[Q1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,40) l (2) Jen Hao Hsu (TPE,37) 21-17 15-21 12-21
[Q1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,31) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA,45) 21-19 21-18

[Q2] Anand Pawar (IND,66) l Sung Min Park (KOR,205) 18-21 24-22 18-21
[Q2] Sindhu P. V. (IND,31) l Hye Youn Hwang (KOR,142) 19-21 14-21

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) vs Wan Ho Shon (KOR,20)
[R1] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs Susan Egelstaff (SCO,33)

[R1] Rupesh Kumar K. T. (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (2) Jae Sung Jung (KOR)/ Yong Dae Lee (KOR)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Vivian Kah Mun Hoo (MAS)/ Khe Wei Woon (MAS)
[R1] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS)

Good win by Anand and Sindhu in their first qualifying round .. Next they faced lowly ranked local players ... Both lost their matches, Anand tried comeback after losing the first game ... He won 2nd game in extra points but failed to keep momentum in the decider ... Other hand former top 20 Korean Hye Youn Hwang proved too strong for young Sindhu.

Sourabh messed up and lost his match ... In decider he was up 12-6 before losing to Malaysian ... Guru repeated same mistake like Sourabh ... He won the first game and lost the second game ... In decider after leading 11-8 he lost the focus and lose tamely 12-21.

In main draw, Ajay having tough match against top-20 local player ... Rupesh and Sanave r also facing WR #2 local pair in their first round match.

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