Thursday, October 24, 2013

Badminton News

At $200K Yonex French Open 2013, Paris (Superseries)

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 18-21 18-21
[R2] (Q) Anand Pawar (IND,33) l Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,19) 20-22 18-21
[R2] (Q) K. Srikanth (IND,30) l (6) Boonsak Ponsana (THA,8) 21-15 18-21 15-21
[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) l Yeon Ju Bae (KOR,11) 22-20 15-21 20-22
[R2] P. V. Sindhu (IND,10) l Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,30) 21-10 19-21 16-21

In the first game Srikanth opened 4 points lead from 8-all, 12-8 ... Which he kept increasing for winning the first game ... In the second game Srikanth take lead at 10-6 but Boonsak caught him at 11-all ... Then Boonsak take 2 points lead from 15-all and kept this advantage for winning this game ... In the final game Srikanth take 10-7 lead but Boonsak made it 10-all ... After that again Srikanth take 14-10 lead but then Boonsak won next 9 points to take crucial lead, 19-14 and completed victory in 58 minutes ... Missed opportunity for young Srikanth.

Sindhu opened 12-8 lead in the first game and she kept that advantage for winning this game comfortably ... But from the second game Sindhu started committing unforced errors ... Through out the game both players were neck to neck ... From 18-all Kirsty won next 2 points for giving herself 2 game points and she converted 2nd game point ... In the decider also both players were neck to neck until 11-all but after that Kirsty opened 17-12 lead ... Sinshu reduced it to 16-17 but Kirsty won next 4 points for upset win ... Big missed opportunity for Sindhu to go deep in this Super Series tournament.

Ajay lost in two games but gave fighting performance against WR #1 Lee ... In the first game both players were neck to neck till 17-all ... Here Lee opened 2 points lead and which he maintained to won this game ... In the second game from 11-all Lee opened 3 points lead but from 16-19 Ajay won next 2 points and was 18-19 ... This time also Lee kept his nerve and won next 2 points for straight games victory.

Anand missed opportunity of upsetting his Thai opponent in 41 minutes match ... In the first game from 10-12 Anand take 3 points lead ... At one time he was leading 19-15 and then had a game point at 20-19 which he failed to convert ... In the second game from 7-all Tanongsak opened 3 points lead which he kept till end ... Anand tried fight back winning 4 points from 14-19 but that much close he got.

And this turned to be terrible day for Indian shuttlers at French Super series as Saina lost against another Korean girl, WR #11 Yeon Ju Bae, in long 71 minutes match ... In closely fought the first game Saina converted 2nd game point for winning it in extra points ... In the second game from 11-all Bae take control and won it losing only 4 more points ... In the third game Saina had 2/3 points lead early on but Bae caught her at 12-all ... After wards Bae had couple of points lead at 17-15 but this time Saina won next 4 points to lead 19-17 ... Bae caught her at 19-all, then Saina had match point at 20-19 which she failed to convert ... And Bae converted her first match point for exciting win for her.

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