Friday, December 13, 2013

Badminton News

At $500K BWF Superseries Final 2013, Kuala lumpur, Malaysia

WS - Group B
Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Yeon Ju Bae (KOR,7) 21-11 17-21 21-13

For qualifying for the semis Saina needed to win this match in straight games but she failed to did that ... Still moral-boosting win for Saina against Korean Bae, who troubled her through out the year, in 60 minutes ... In the first game Saina take 4-0 lead but Bae caught up with her at 6-all ... Saina won next 6 points in a row to lead 12-6 and that proved crucial ... Bae reduced lead to 10-15 but again Saina won next 5 points, 20-10, and converted 2nd game point for winning it ... In the second game both players were neck to neck till 10-all ... Bae opened 13-10 lead which Saina reduced to 12-13 but Bae kept single point advantage ... At 17-16 Bae won next 3 points, 20-16, and converted 2nd game point to won it ... In the final game Saina opened 4-0 lead and kept increasing it ... At one time Saina was leading 14-5 though Bae tried fight back winning 4 points in a row from 7-16 but gap was too large ... Saina converted 1st match point for completing her first win of 2013 Superseries Final.

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