Thursday, November 28, 2013

Badminton News

At $120K Macau Open 2013 (GP Gold), Macau City

[R2] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) bt Salakjit Ponsana (THA,62) 18-21 21-8 21-14
[R2] Sayali Gokhale (IND,127) l Chochuwong Pornpawee (THA,64) 19-21 21-10 15-21
[R2] Thulasi P. C. (IND,72) l Di Suo (CHN,48) 15-21 7-21

[QF] (1) Sindhu P. V. (IND,11) vs (5) Tsz Ka Chan (HKG,28)

Sayali had chance in this 52 mins match ... In the first game Sayali was 6-9 behind but she came back in the game after winning next 6 points to lead 12-9 ... Pornpawee caught Sayali at 14-all but Sayali again opened 18-15 then 19-16 lead ... Pornpawee won next 5 points for winning the first game ... In the second game Sayali take 4-1 lead with Pornpawee reduced to 7-8 but after that Sayali gave her chance to win 3 more points and won this game comfortably ... But in the decider Pornpawee opened 7-1 lead which Sayali failed to overcome and lost this match ... Other hand Thulasi failed to create much challenge to her Chinese opponent Di Suo ... In the first game she tried little much but Suo didn't gave chance to Thulasi in the second game.

In this match also Sindhu started slowly ... From 8-all Sindhu opened 15-10 lead but Ponsana take advantage and fought back ... Ponsana won 5 points in a row from 14-16 to lead 19-16 ... Ponsana won 2nd game point and grabbed the first game ... Sindhu recovered in the second game and from 5-all she gave chance of winning 3 more points to Ponsana before winning it comfortably ... In the third game from 4-all Sindhu won next 9 points to lead 13-4 ... After that Ponsana tried fightback but this gap proved too much for her ... Sindhu completed win in 48 minutes and take revenge of her loss against Ponsana in 2011 ... Next in the quarter final she is facing Hong Kong girl Tsz Ka Chan.

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