Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Badminton News
At $350K Yonex Sunrise Hong Kong Open 2012, Kowloon (Superseries)

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) bt Zhengming Wang (CHN,17) 22-20 23-21
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) bt (7) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,10) 24-22 20-22 22-20
[R1] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bt Aprilla Yuswandari (INA,34) 22-20 21-8
[R1] Sindhu P.V. (IND,25) l (Q) Belaetrix Manuputi (INA,40) 12-21 21-18 15-21

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG) 18-21 14-21
[R1] (Q) Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Alvent Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Markis Kido (INA) 21-11 11-21 15-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Hafiz Faisal (INA)/ Purta Eka Rhoma (INA) 21-16 21-23 21-17
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Audrey Fontaine (FRA)/ Emilie Lefel (FRA) 21-10 21-16)
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l (2) Xiaoli Wang (CHN)/ Yang (F) Yu (CHN) 3-21 7-21
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (1) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN) 15-21 16-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) bt Philip Chew (USA)/ Jamie Subandhi (USA) 21-19 21-15
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) l (6) Fran Kurniawan (INA)/ Shendy Puspa Irawati (INA) 18-21 21-23
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Riky Widianto (INA)/ Puspita Richi Dili (INA) 13-21 11-21

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,27) vs (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1)
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs Tommy Sugiarto (INA,29)
[R2] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) vs (Q) Lin Wang (CHN,72)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (2) Yun Cai (CHN)/ Haifeng Fu (CHN)
[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Duanganong Aroonkesorn (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs (1) Chen Xu (CHN)/ Jin Ma (CHN)

Saina was stretched in the first game by Indonesian Aprilla Yuswandari ... From 8-all Saina take couple of points lead which she maintained till 20-17 ... Aprilla saved 3 game points , 20-all, but Saina won next 2 points to win this game ... In the second game Saina was 0-3 and 1-4 down but after that Saina didn't give chance to Aprilla winning 20 points from next 24 points ... From 1-4 Saina won 8 points in a row to lead 9-4 then she lost couple of points before winning next 10 points to lead 19-6 ... Saina converted 2nd match point for victory in 33 minutes.

Superb upset win by Ajay against higher ranked Chinese Zhengming Wang in 36 minutes, Wang was finalist in last week's Superseries Premier tournament Li Ning China Open ... Both games went to extra points but Ajay kept his cool to win this match ... In the first game Ajay take early lead from 7-all after winning 7 points in a row ... Wang tried fight back from 8-15 and he saved 4 game points from 16-20 to catch Ajay but Ajay won next 2 points to win this game ... Somewhat similar story repeated in the second game ... Ajay take early 9-5 lead but Wang caught him at 14-all ... Again Ajay take 18-15 lead but this time also Wang caught with him at 19-all ... After that Wand had couple of game points at 2019 and 21-20 but both game points saved by Ajay ... He won next 2 points from 21-all for excellent win.

Kashyap scored another excellent win against top 10 Danish player in 68 minutes in closely fought match ... In the first game Jan take early 6-4 and 9-5 lead but Kashyap caught with him at 13-all ... Then Kashyap opened the lead of 17-15 and 20-17 but Jan scored all 3 game points ... Jan saved 4th game point at 20-21 and he had a game point at 22-21 but this time Kashyap saved and converted 5th game point for winning this game ... In the second game from 6-all Jan opened lead of 3 points but whenever Jan opened lead Kashyap caught with him ... Like from 7-10 Kashyap made 10-all then from 11-14 to 14-all ... After this Jan opened 3 points lead but Kashyap tried fight back from 18-20 ... He saved couple of game points but this time Jan converted 3rd game point and won this game ... This see-saw battle continued in the decider ... Jan take 5-2 lead but Kashyap caught with him at 7-all ... At 13-all Kashyap opened 2 points lead which he increased to 19-15 ... Jan won next 5 points and gave himself a match point ... Kashyap saved this match point and won 3 points in a row for hard fought victory.

Ashwini and Tarun gave creditable performance against WR #1 Chinese pair ... Pranaav and Siki Reddy scored straight games victory over American pair ... Next they r facing WR #1 Chinese pair ... Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre gave fighting performance against 6th seed Indonesian pair.

Young Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar scored their first win in Superseries main-draw.

Ashwini started with win against French pair with her new partner Pradnya Gadre in women's doubles ... Next they r facing Thai pair who upset 8th seed Singaporean pair in the first round.

Ajay having very tough match against Malaysian WR #1 Chong Wei Lee ... Saina is facing tricky match against her old nemesis, former WR #1 Lin Wang ... Saina is sharing 2-3 win-loss record against her but won their last match in 2011.

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