Badminton News
At $200K Singapore Super Series,
[R1] Sourabh VARMA (IND,42) l Yun HU (HKG,25) 24-22 12-21 10-21
[R1] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,23) bt Brice LEVERDEZ (FRA,36) 21-12 21-14
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,55) bt Zi Liang Derek WONG (SIN,47) 21-12 21-13
[R1] (Q) Anand PAWAR (IND,62) bt Kevin CORDON (GUA,33) 12-21 21-11 21-19
[R1] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,26) l (2) Hyun Il LEE (KOR,8) 18-21 12-21
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,26) l Xiao Jia CHEN (CHN,25) 16-21 12-21
[R1] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Arun VISHNU (IND) l Thien How HOON (MAS)/ Wee Kiong TAN (MAS) 9-21 13-21
[R1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt Jiayuan CHEN (SIN)/ Juan GU (SIN) 21-9 21-8
[R1] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l Noriyasu HIRATA (JPN)/ Miyuki MAEDA (JPN) 15-21 17-21
[R1] (6) Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) bt Markis KIDO (INA)/ Pia Zebadiah BERNADETH (INA) 21-18 21-12
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,23) vs (6) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,11)
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,55) vs Boonsak Ponsana (THA,32)
[R2] (Q) Anand Pawar (IND,62) vs Viktor Axelsen (DEN,22)
[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) vs (3) Shizuka Matsuo (JPN)/ Mami Naito (JPN)
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (8) Meiliana Jauhari (INA)/ Greysia Polii (INA)
[R2] (6) Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Aik Quan Tan (MAS)/ Pei Jing Lai (MAS)
Dominating start for Jwala and Ashwini in women's doubles ... They won their match in mere 21 minutes against Singaporean pair ... Next they r facing 8th seed Indonesian pair ... But in the men's doubles Tarun and Arun lost in 23 minutes one-sided match.
In the first game Yun Hu was leading 16-10 then had 2 game points 20-18 but Sourabh saved those 2 game points and then another one before converting his 2nd game pointto win this game ... From the second game Yun Hu didn't lose control over the match ... He take early 7-2 lead ... Sourabh managed to reduce it to 12-13 but Yun Hu won next 8 points to win the second game ... Same trend continued in the third ... From 4-all Yun Hu take control and lost only another 6 points before winning this game comfortably.
Guru scored comfortable win over local player in 34 minutes taking early lead in both games ... Ajay also scored very comfortable win in 31 minutes ... He controlled both games after taking early lead ... Anand Pawar scored excellent comeback win after losing the first game against Kevin Cordon.
Sindhu failed to produce challenge to her Chinese opponent Xiao Jia Chen.
Kashyap lost against 2nd seed Hyun Il Lee in the straight games but I m happy that he got chance of playing another top-10 player before the Olympics ... In the first game Lee take early lead but Kashyap caught with him at 10-all ... Then Kashyap take 17-14 lead but failed to utilize that advantage ... Lee won next 5 point and regain lead ... After winning the first game Lee Kept momentum to win this game after controlling from the start.
Jwala and Diju started with straight games victory.
Anand is next playing against Danish player Viktor Axelsen, who upset top-seed and WR #6 Japanese Sho Sasaki ... Guru is facing experienced Thai Boonsak Ponsana ... Ajay is facing WR #11 Vietnamese Tien Minh Nguyen.
At $200K Singapore Super Series,
[R1] Sourabh VARMA (IND,42) l Yun HU (HKG,25) 24-22 12-21 10-21
[R1] Ajay JAYARAM (IND,23) bt Brice LEVERDEZ (FRA,36) 21-12 21-14
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,55) bt Zi Liang Derek WONG (SIN,47) 21-12 21-13
[R1] (Q) Anand PAWAR (IND,62) bt Kevin CORDON (GUA,33) 12-21 21-11 21-19
[R1] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,26) l (2) Hyun Il LEE (KOR,8) 18-21 12-21
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,26) l Xiao Jia CHEN (CHN,25) 16-21 12-21
[R1] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Arun VISHNU (IND) l Thien How HOON (MAS)/ Wee Kiong TAN (MAS) 9-21 13-21
[R1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt Jiayuan CHEN (SIN)/ Juan GU (SIN) 21-9 21-8
[R1] Tarun KONA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l Noriyasu HIRATA (JPN)/ Miyuki MAEDA (JPN) 15-21 17-21
[R1] (6) Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) bt Markis KIDO (INA)/ Pia Zebadiah BERNADETH (INA) 21-18 21-12
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,23) vs (6) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,11)
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,55) vs Boonsak Ponsana (THA,32)
[R2] (Q) Anand Pawar (IND,62) vs Viktor Axelsen (DEN,22)
[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) vs (3) Shizuka Matsuo (JPN)/ Mami Naito (JPN)
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (8) Meiliana Jauhari (INA)/ Greysia Polii (INA)
[R2] (6) Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Aik Quan Tan (MAS)/ Pei Jing Lai (MAS)
Dominating start for Jwala and Ashwini in women's doubles ... They won their match in mere 21 minutes against Singaporean pair ... Next they r facing 8th seed Indonesian pair ... But in the men's doubles Tarun and Arun lost in 23 minutes one-sided match.
In the first game Yun Hu was leading 16-10 then had 2 game points 20-18 but Sourabh saved those 2 game points and then another one before converting his 2nd game pointto win this game ... From the second game Yun Hu didn't lose control over the match ... He take early 7-2 lead ... Sourabh managed to reduce it to 12-13 but Yun Hu won next 8 points to win the second game ... Same trend continued in the third ... From 4-all Yun Hu take control and lost only another 6 points before winning this game comfortably.
Guru scored comfortable win over local player in 34 minutes taking early lead in both games ... Ajay also scored very comfortable win in 31 minutes ... He controlled both games after taking early lead ... Anand Pawar scored excellent comeback win after losing the first game against Kevin Cordon.
Sindhu failed to produce challenge to her Chinese opponent Xiao Jia Chen.
Kashyap lost against 2nd seed Hyun Il Lee in the straight games but I m happy that he got chance of playing another top-10 player before the Olympics ... In the first game Lee take early lead but Kashyap caught with him at 10-all ... Then Kashyap take 17-14 lead but failed to utilize that advantage ... Lee won next 5 point and regain lead ... After winning the first game Lee Kept momentum to win this game after controlling from the start.
Jwala and Diju started with straight games victory.
Anand is next playing against Danish player Viktor Axelsen, who upset top-seed and WR #6 Japanese Sho Sasaki ... Guru is facing experienced Thai Boonsak Ponsana ... Ajay is facing WR #11 Vietnamese Tien Minh Nguyen.
