Friday, April 12, 2013

Badminton News
At $50K New Zealand GP Open, Auckland

[QF] (3) Ajay Jayaram (IND,30) l Xue Song (CHN,216) 12-21 10-15 Retd.
[QF] (13) Arvind Bhat (IND,100) l (2) Jen Hao Hsu (TPE,29) 6-21 17-21

[R3] (3) Ajay Jayaram (IND,30) bt (12) Ji Hoon Hong (KOR,106) 14-21 28-26 21-13
[R3] (13) Arvind Bhat (IND,100) bt (6) Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA,46) 21-19 21-10

Both lost in the quarters ... Ajay retired from the match in middle of the second game after losing the first game easily ... Arvind defeated Hsu in their last meeting but today he failed to produce challenge.

Before that Ajay needed to dig deep before completing this comeback win over Korean in the third round ... After losing the first game easily Ajay was again behind in the second game ... From 10-16 down Ajay fought back and caught with Hong at 19-all after winning 3 points in a row from 16-19 ... In extra points Ajay saved 3 match points before converting 4th game point ... In the third game both players were exchanging lead but from 11-13 down Ajay won next 10 points and completed hard fought win after 69 minutes ... Next he is facing Chinese Song.

In their previous two meetings in 2012 Arvind lost against Tedjono but this time he managed to turn table on him ... Arvind scored convincing win after winning close first game ... In the first game both players exchanged lead but were together till end ... Arvind won 3 points in a row from 18-19 for winning the first game ... In the second game Arvind take control from the beginning and won it comfortably ... Next he is facing Taipei's 2nd seed Jen Hao Hsu.

Next tournament for our players is Indian Super Series.

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