Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Badminton News
At $200K French Open 2012, Paris

[Q1] Arvind Bhat (IND,77) l Matthieu Lo Ying Ping (FRA,90) 16-21 22-20 14-21
[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,51) bt Scott Evans (IRL,67) 21-14 21-10

[Q2] Anand Pawar (IND,51) l Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,64) 21-16 24-26 29-30

[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,32) vs Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,23)
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) vs (Q) Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,64)
[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs Li Han (CHN,23)

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs (4) Ki Jung Kim (KOR)/ Sa Rang Kim (KOR)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Patiphat Chalardchaleam (THA)/ Savitree Amitrapai (THA)

Arvind Bhat lost match due to rustiness and tiredness ... After losing the first game he was match point down at 19-10 ... He won this game after saving match point but Frenchman blown away his challenge from 12-all in the final game.

Other hand Anand Pawar started with comfortable win over Irish top player in 30 minutes ... In the first game Anand take control from 9-all and in the second game he take control from 5-all for this comfortable win ... But Anand lost in the final qualifying in a long match which was lasted for 82 minutes ... After winning the first game Anand faced big challenge from Suppanyu ... Anand saved couple of game points from 18-20 but failed to convert 3 match points and Suppanyu converted 4th game point to take match into decider ... In the third game Anand opened early lead and was leading 13-8, 15-11 and 17-15 ... Suppanyu made it 17-all afterwards both players traded lead one after another ... Anand had 3 more match points in extra points, importantly at 28-27 then 29-28 but Suppanyu saved those and converted his 6 match point for his terrific comeback victory.

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