Friday, September 14, 2012

Badminton News
At $400K Li Ning China Masters 2012, Changzhou

[QF] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,56) l (1) Long Chen (CHN,3) 8-21 12-21
[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) bt Sourabh Varma (IND,40) 12-21 21-14 21-16
[QF] Sindhu P. V. (IND,25) bt (2) Xuerui Li (CHN,2) 21-19 9-21 21-16

[SF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) vs Yun Hu (HKG,21)
[SF] Sindhu P. V. (IND,25) vs (4) Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,9)

Sindhu scored biggest win of her career beating WR #2 and London Olympics gold medalist Xuerui Li, that's also in China ... In the first game Sindhu opened 6-2 lead Li made it 7-8 but that only close she managed to get ... Sindhu kept her lead and opened 19-15 lead before converting 2nd game point to win this game ... Xuerui Li responded strongly in the second game and take 8-0 lead before winning this game losing only 9 points ... In the decider also Sindhu take couple of points lead from the start and was leading 8-3 ... Sindhu extended that lead to 14-7 and Xuerui Li reduced the lead to 16-19 ... But Sindhu kept her cool and completed huge win over in-form Xuerui Li in 45 minutes ... In the semis she is facing another Chinese opponent WR #9 Yanjiao Jiang.

Guru failed to create challenge against top-seed Long Chen and lost easily in straight games ... In all-Indian quarter-final, Ajay overcome challenge of young Sourabh after losing the first game ... Still creditable fighting performance by Sourabh Varma.

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