Monday, July 23, 2012

Badminton News
At London Olympics 2012, England

London 2012 Olympic Games Badminton Draw

Men's Singles

Group D
(10) Nguyen Tien Minh (VIE,11)
Kashyap Parupalli (IND,21)
Tan Yuhan (BEL,54)

Women's Singles

Group E
(4) Saina Nehwal (IND,5)
Lianne Tan (BEL,55)
Sabrina Jaquet (SUI,65)

Women's Doubles

Group B
(4) Mizuki Fujii (JPN)/ Reika Kakiiwa (JPN) (#5)
Cheng Wen Hsing (TPE)/ Chien Yu Chin (TPE) (#10)
Shinta Sari Mulia (SIN)/ Yao Lei (SIN) (#13)
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) (#20)

Mixed Doubles

Group C
(3) Tontowi Ahmad (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA) (#4)
Thomas Laybourn (DEN)/ Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN) (#8)
Lee Yong Dae (KOR)/ Ha Jung Eun (KOR) (#9)
Viju D (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) (#13)

In the singles, only the winner of each group will qualify for the Round of 16 - [A vs B, C vs D] [E vs F, G vs H] [I vs J, K vs L] [M vs N, O vs P].

In the doubles, the top two of each group will qualify for the quarter-finals. [A1 vs C2, B1 vs D2] [A2 vs C1, B2 vs D1].

In the singles Saina is favorite in her group and Kashyap is also having favorable draw ... But in doubles and mixed doubles our pair having tough draw ... In mixed doubles Diju and Jwala r facing three top 10 pairs ... In doubles Jwala and Ashwini r facing two top 10 pairs.

Saina is in the top draw with WR #1 Yihan Wang ... In knockout stage she can face experienced Dutch player #20 Yao Jie in R16 ... If she wins this they she can face her first tricky test in the quarter-final against another experienced player Danish #7 Tine Baun.

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