Badminton News
At $200K India Open 2012, New Delhi
[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,31) bt (3) Jin Chen (CHN,4) w/o
[QF] Sindhu P. V. (IND,27) l (4) Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,7) 21-18 12-21 18-21
[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Bodin Issara (THA)/ Maneepong Jongjit (THA) 12-21 12-21
[QF] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (3) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 21-19 13-21 14-21
[SF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,31) vs Wan Ho Shon (KOR,17)
Kashyap got big lucky break as his Chinese opponent WR 4 Jin Chen gave walkover in quarter-final ... This was big boost for Kashyap's Olympics quest as next week he will be definitely India's #1 ranked player so get opportunity to represent India at London Olympics.
Sindhu played exceptional match against WR #7 Chinese opponent Yanjiao Jiang ... Though she lost in this match but she give us hope for the future ... In the first game Sindhu started well and take couple of points lead early which she increased to 15-11 ... But from 17-13 lead Jiang fought back to make it 17-all ... Sindhu won next 3 points and converted 2nd game point to won this game ... Jiang started positively in the second game and take early 5-3 then 9-6 lead and she kept hold on this game to won it comfortably ... In the decider also Jiang started with 7-1 lead which was big lead and Sindhu never able to catch with Jiang after that ... But Sindhu kept fighting till the end ... She reduced that lead to 10-8 then 18-15 ... From 16-20 Sindhi saved couple of match points before losing this match in 58 minutes.
WR #6 Japanese pair take early couple of points and they maintained that until Indian pair caught with them at 10-all ... Then both pairs were moving point by point until 16-all ... Ashwini and Jwala won next 4 points to gained 4 game points ... Japanese pair saved 3 of them before Jwala and Ashwini converted 4th game point ... In the second game Japanese pair opened up lead from 3-all and kept increasing ... From 12-9 they won next 6 points and take big lead, 18-9 ... That was enough to won the second game ... In the decider Japanese pair take early 5-0 lead ... Indians managed to reduce it to 4-6 but only that much they came closer to Japanese pair ... After that Japanese pair dominated to won this game.
Thai pair trounced Rupesh and Sanave in their quarter-final, which was lasted only 29 minutes.
At $200K India Open 2012, New Delhi
[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,31) bt (3) Jin Chen (CHN,4) w/o
[QF] Sindhu P. V. (IND,27) l (4) Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,7) 21-18 12-21 18-21
[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Bodin Issara (THA)/ Maneepong Jongjit (THA) 12-21 12-21
[QF] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (3) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 21-19 13-21 14-21
[SF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,31) vs Wan Ho Shon (KOR,17)
Kashyap got big lucky break as his Chinese opponent WR 4 Jin Chen gave walkover in quarter-final ... This was big boost for Kashyap's Olympics quest as next week he will be definitely India's #1 ranked player so get opportunity to represent India at London Olympics.
Sindhu played exceptional match against WR #7 Chinese opponent Yanjiao Jiang ... Though she lost in this match but she give us hope for the future ... In the first game Sindhu started well and take couple of points lead early which she increased to 15-11 ... But from 17-13 lead Jiang fought back to make it 17-all ... Sindhu won next 3 points and converted 2nd game point to won this game ... Jiang started positively in the second game and take early 5-3 then 9-6 lead and she kept hold on this game to won it comfortably ... In the decider also Jiang started with 7-1 lead which was big lead and Sindhu never able to catch with Jiang after that ... But Sindhu kept fighting till the end ... She reduced that lead to 10-8 then 18-15 ... From 16-20 Sindhi saved couple of match points before losing this match in 58 minutes.
WR #6 Japanese pair take early couple of points and they maintained that until Indian pair caught with them at 10-all ... Then both pairs were moving point by point until 16-all ... Ashwini and Jwala won next 4 points to gained 4 game points ... Japanese pair saved 3 of them before Jwala and Ashwini converted 4th game point ... In the second game Japanese pair opened up lead from 3-all and kept increasing ... From 12-9 they won next 6 points and take big lead, 18-9 ... That was enough to won the second game ... In the decider Japanese pair take early 5-0 lead ... Indians managed to reduce it to 4-6 but only that much they came closer to Japanese pair ... After that Japanese pair dominated to won this game.
Thai pair trounced Rupesh and Sanave in their quarter-final, which was lasted only 29 minutes.
