Badminton News
At $200K India Open 2012, New Delhi
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 16-21 21-15 5-21
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,31) bt Boonsak Ponsana (THA,30) 15-21 21-14 22-20
[R2] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) l Youn Joo Bae (KOR,12) 19-21 10-21
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,27) bt (8) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,11) 21-17 22-20
[R2] (Q) Neha Pandit (IND,128) l Juan Gu (SIN,17) 13-21 10-21
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Ki Jung Kim (KOR)/ Sa Rang Kim (KOR) 21-18 18-21 21-19
[R2] Manish Gupta (IND)/ Gaurav Venkat (IND) l (2) Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR) 10-21 9-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Vita Marissa (INA)/ Nadya Melati (INA) 16-21 21-15 21-17
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Shoji Sato (JPN)/ Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) 12-21 14-21
[R2] Gaurav Venkat (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) l (5) Sudket Prapakamol (THA)/ Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA) 6-21 15-21
[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,31) vs (3) Jin Chen (CHN,4)
[QF] Sindhu P. V. (IND,27) vs (4) Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,7)
[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Bodin Issara (THA)/ Maneepong Jongjit (THA)
[QF] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (3) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)
Saina started positively and take 7-3 early lead but Bae kept pressure on Saina and caught with her at 9-all ... After that both players exchanged lead but from 18-19 Bae won next 3 points to won the first game ... Bae started confidently in the second after winning the first ... She take early 5-1 lead and kept increasing ... From 13-9 Bae won next 6 points and take huge 19-9 lead ... After that Saina managed to win only a single point before losing this match in 39 minutes ... This was shocking defeat by Saina against Korean on home court ... Looking at Saina's recent form and confidence it is stupid to believe that she is a medal contender for Olympics.
Ajay Jayaram produced another fighting performance against WR #1 Chong Wei Lee ... In the first game both players were neck to neck ... Ajay was leading 16-14 but then Lee won next 7 points to won the first game ... In the second game Ajay take 14-8 lead from 6-all ... Ajay increased lead to 19-10, after that Lee tried to fight back and reduced lead to 14-19 but Ajay converted 2nd game point and won this game ... In the decider Lee take 4-0 lead which he increased to 9-2 ... Lee continued to dominate in this game and won last 9 points from 12-5 to complete win in 47 minutes.
Boonsak Ponsana take early lead to won the first game ... In the second game Kashyap take control from 9-all to won it comfortably ... Both players were keeping pace with each other ... Boonsak take early 4-1 lead but Kashyap responded winning next 6 points and lead 7-4 but again Boonsak caught with him at 7-all ... This trend continued as whenever one player take couple of points lead then his opponent responded winning next, 10-all, 11-all, 13-all, 15-all, 16-all, 17-all and 18-all ... Boonsak won next 2 points and had couple of match points ... Kashyap saved both and make it 20-all ... Kashyap won next 2 points to completed excellent comeback victory in 63 minutes ... Kashyap need another win to qualify for London Olympics as top Indian men shuttler but he is facing Chinese WR #4 Jin Chen in the quarters ... Tough task for Kashyap.
Sindhu continued with her giant-killing ... She scored another upset win over top-15 player, this time Korean Ji Hyun Sung ... In the first game Sindhu take control from 5-all and she kept increasing her lead ... Sindhu converted her third game point to won this game ... In the second game Sindhu take early 12-5 lead but Sung kept fighting and managed to catch Sindhu at 17-all ... Sindhu kept her cool and converted second match point to score memorable victory in 40 minutes.
Good to see Rupesh and Sanave take advantage of lucky break of getting walkover from top-seed ... In the second round they defeated Korean pair in tight three games and keep their hope alive for Olympics qualification ... Interesting next match between Thai pair and our pair in mens doubles ... Both pairs r trying for Olympics qualification so winner between this match will be favorite for getting that, right now Thai pair is leading the race.
Jwala and Ashwini also keep their hope alive with superb comeback victory over Indonesian pair ... After losing the first game they came back strongly in the match to won next two.
If my calculation is correct then Jwala and Ashwini r qualify for London Olympics women's doubles after reaching in the quarters ... Mostly Jwala will become first Indian badminton player to qualify for two events in the same Olympics ... Jwala and Diju r almost certain to qualify.
Expected losses of Neha, Manish Gupta/ Gaurav Venkat and Tarun Kona/ Ashwini Ponnappa but was hoping better performance from Ashwini and Tarun against Japanese pair.
At $200K India Open 2012, New Delhi
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 16-21 21-15 5-21
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,31) bt Boonsak Ponsana (THA,30) 15-21 21-14 22-20
[R2] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) l Youn Joo Bae (KOR,12) 19-21 10-21
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,27) bt (8) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,11) 21-17 22-20
[R2] (Q) Neha Pandit (IND,128) l Juan Gu (SIN,17) 13-21 10-21
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Ki Jung Kim (KOR)/ Sa Rang Kim (KOR) 21-18 18-21 21-19
[R2] Manish Gupta (IND)/ Gaurav Venkat (IND) l (2) Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR) 10-21 9-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Vita Marissa (INA)/ Nadya Melati (INA) 16-21 21-15 21-17
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Shoji Sato (JPN)/ Shizuka Matsuo (JPN) 12-21 14-21
[R2] Gaurav Venkat (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) l (5) Sudket Prapakamol (THA)/ Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA) 6-21 15-21
[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,31) vs (3) Jin Chen (CHN,4)
[QF] Sindhu P. V. (IND,27) vs (4) Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,7)
[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Bodin Issara (THA)/ Maneepong Jongjit (THA)
[QF] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (3) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)
Saina started positively and take 7-3 early lead but Bae kept pressure on Saina and caught with her at 9-all ... After that both players exchanged lead but from 18-19 Bae won next 3 points to won the first game ... Bae started confidently in the second after winning the first ... She take early 5-1 lead and kept increasing ... From 13-9 Bae won next 6 points and take huge 19-9 lead ... After that Saina managed to win only a single point before losing this match in 39 minutes ... This was shocking defeat by Saina against Korean on home court ... Looking at Saina's recent form and confidence it is stupid to believe that she is a medal contender for Olympics.
Ajay Jayaram produced another fighting performance against WR #1 Chong Wei Lee ... In the first game both players were neck to neck ... Ajay was leading 16-14 but then Lee won next 7 points to won the first game ... In the second game Ajay take 14-8 lead from 6-all ... Ajay increased lead to 19-10, after that Lee tried to fight back and reduced lead to 14-19 but Ajay converted 2nd game point and won this game ... In the decider Lee take 4-0 lead which he increased to 9-2 ... Lee continued to dominate in this game and won last 9 points from 12-5 to complete win in 47 minutes.
Boonsak Ponsana take early lead to won the first game ... In the second game Kashyap take control from 9-all to won it comfortably ... Both players were keeping pace with each other ... Boonsak take early 4-1 lead but Kashyap responded winning next 6 points and lead 7-4 but again Boonsak caught with him at 7-all ... This trend continued as whenever one player take couple of points lead then his opponent responded winning next, 10-all, 11-all, 13-all, 15-all, 16-all, 17-all and 18-all ... Boonsak won next 2 points and had couple of match points ... Kashyap saved both and make it 20-all ... Kashyap won next 2 points to completed excellent comeback victory in 63 minutes ... Kashyap need another win to qualify for London Olympics as top Indian men shuttler but he is facing Chinese WR #4 Jin Chen in the quarters ... Tough task for Kashyap.
Sindhu continued with her giant-killing ... She scored another upset win over top-15 player, this time Korean Ji Hyun Sung ... In the first game Sindhu take control from 5-all and she kept increasing her lead ... Sindhu converted her third game point to won this game ... In the second game Sindhu take early 12-5 lead but Sung kept fighting and managed to catch Sindhu at 17-all ... Sindhu kept her cool and converted second match point to score memorable victory in 40 minutes.
Good to see Rupesh and Sanave take advantage of lucky break of getting walkover from top-seed ... In the second round they defeated Korean pair in tight three games and keep their hope alive for Olympics qualification ... Interesting next match between Thai pair and our pair in mens doubles ... Both pairs r trying for Olympics qualification so winner between this match will be favorite for getting that, right now Thai pair is leading the race.
Jwala and Ashwini also keep their hope alive with superb comeback victory over Indonesian pair ... After losing the first game they came back strongly in the match to won next two.
If my calculation is correct then Jwala and Ashwini r qualify for London Olympics women's doubles after reaching in the quarters ... Mostly Jwala will become first Indian badminton player to qualify for two events in the same Olympics ... Jwala and Diju r almost certain to qualify.
Expected losses of Neha, Manish Gupta/ Gaurav Venkat and Tarun Kona/ Ashwini Ponnappa but was hoping better performance from Ashwini and Tarun against Japanese pair.
