Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Badminton News
At $650KK Indonesia Open 2012, Jakarta (Super Series Premier)

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) bt Kevin Cordon (GUA,33) 21-19 19-21 21-16
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) l Hyun Il Lee (KOR,7) 13-21 21-11 20-22
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) bt Viktor Axelsen (DEN,22) 21-16 21-14
[R1] (Q) Sourabh Varma (IND,42) l (7) Simon Santoso (INA,9) 18-21 14-21
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,26) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA,33) 13-21 21-18 21-19
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Sayaka Sato (JPN,15) 21-12 14-21 21-17

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l (3) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN) 14-21 13-21
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) l (Q) Melvira Oklamona (INA)/ Khaeriah Rosmini (INA) 21-23 19-21 19-21
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (2) Qing Tian (CHN)/ Yunlei Zhao (CHN) 13-21 17-21
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Riky Widianto (INA)/ Puspita Richi Dili (INA) 16-21 10-21
[R1] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)/ Ye Na Jang (KOR) 14-21 21-11 21-16

[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs (1) Long Chen (CHN,3)
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) vs Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA,21)
[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs (Q) Aprilla Yuswandari (INA,45)
[R2] Sindhu P. V. (IND,26) vs (8) Juliane Schenk (GER,7)

[R2] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Tao Jiaming (CHN)/ Xia Huan (CHN)

Good comeback win by Diju and Jwala against Korean pair ... After losing the first game they came back strongly in the second and kept momentum to win the final game.

From 7-all Cordon increased lead to 9-15 but after that Kashyap fought back and made it 18-all ... Kashyap won the first game winning last 2 points ... In the second game Kashyap take 2/3 points lead from 6-all and maintained most part of the game ... Cordon made it 18-all and then won last 3 points to win this second game ... In the third game Cordon take early 3-8 lead but Kashyap caught with him at 11-all ... Kashyap won last 6 points in a row from 15-16 and completed victory in 65 minutes.

Ajay scored comfortable straight games victory over similar ranked Danish player in 33 minutes.

In the first game Saina take control from 6-all and increased to 15-7 which was enough to won this game ... In the second game also Saina take control from the start and increased it to 12-5 but after that Saina lost her concentration and lost this game after winning only 2 more points ... In the decider Saina opened 8-1 lead and kept increasing it ... Sayaka Sato saved 3 match points but Saina converted fourth match point and completed victory in 57 minutes.

Excellent comeback by Pradnya and Prajakta from 9-15 down in the first game ... They caught with their local qualifier at 18-all and converted 3rd game point .. But in next two games Pradnya and Prajakta wasted advantage ... In both games they were leading but failed to win it ... In the second game they were only 2 points away from the victory at 19-17 ... Chinese WR #2 pair proved too strong for Jwala and Ashwini, who failed to produce much fight in this match.

As expected top-10 Indonesian Simon Santoso proved better player, still Sourabh gave fight in the first game.

Against Guru also top 10 Korean Hyun Il Lee started positively and won the first game comfortably ... But in the second game from 4-8 down Guru won next 6 points to lead 10-8 and again from 10-9 Guru won next 8 points to win this game easily ... In the third game Lee take 2-4 early lead and kept that couple of points advantage most of the part but from 14-18 Guru won next 4 points to make it 18-all ... Guru saved a match point at 19-20 but Lee converted 2nd match point to win this match in 61 minutes ... Impressive performance by Guru against WR #7 Lee.

Sindhu scored excellent comeback win over local girl ... After losing the first game she won next two games in closely fought match ... Next she is facing 8th seed German Juliane Schenk.

Next Saina is facing local qualifier Aprilla Yuswandari but Kashyap is facing WR #3 and top seed Chinese Long Chen ... Ajay is facing local Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka, who upset WR #6 Japanese Sho Sasaki when he won third game 24-22 ... Diju and Jwala r facing Chinese pair.

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