Thursday, January 16, 2014

Badminton News

At $500K Maybank Malaysia Open 2014, Kuala Lumpur (Superseries Premier)

[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,16) l (3) Jan O Jorgensen(DEN,3) 18-21 15-21
[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,47) bt Wan Ho Son (KOR,21) 11-21 21-19 21-19

[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) l Xue Yao (CHN,25) 21-16 10-21 19-21
[R2] P.V. Sindhu (IND,11) l (6) Ju Bae Yeon (KOR,6) 16-21 19-21

[QF] Srikanth K. (IND,38) vs (4) Tommy Sugiarto (INA,4)

Sindhu failed to overcome challenge of Ju Bae Yeon and lost in 45 minutes ... In the first game Sindhu was leading 6-3 but after that Yeon won next 7 points to take 10-6 lead ... Yeon kept her advantage for winning this game ... In the second game Sindhu opened 9-6 lead from 6-all ... At one time Sindhu was leading 19-15 but after that Yeon won next 6 points for winning this match in straight games.

Saina's disappointing run continues as she lost against lowly ranked Chinese Xue Yao after winning the first game in 56 minutes ... In the first game both players were exchanging lead till 12-all ... After that Saina opened couple of points lead which she increased to won this game ... In the second game Xue take control from the start and she kept increasing lead to won it comfortably ... In the decider from 2-3 Saina opened 5-3 lead ... From 8-10 Xue won next 4 points for taking 12-10 lead ... Xue was leading 18-14 but Saina managed to caught her at 19-all ... Xue won next 2 points and completed upset win.

Jan O Jorgensen scored straight games victory over Kashyap in 43 minutes ... In the first game Jan take 7-1 lead and then he was leading 13-5 and 16-9 ... Kashyap tried fightback and caught Jan at 17-all ... But Jan won 3 points in a row from 18-all to won this game ... In the second game Kashyap take 8-3 lead but Jan won next 6 points to lead 9-8 ... From 9-10 Jan take 14-10 lead which he kept increasing for straight games win.

Wan Ho Son proved too strong for Srikanth in the first game as Wan Ho take control from start for winning it ... In the second game Srikanth was 3-8 down but he fought back winning next 10 points to lead 13-8 ... Srikanth increased his lead to 18-10 but after that Wan Ho fightback to won next 7 points and he caught Srikanth at 19-all ... Srikanth kept his nerves and won next 2 points to take match in the decider ... In the final game Wan Ho opened 6-3 lead which he increased to 10-6 and 14-10 ... From 10-14 Srikanth won next 5 points to lead 15-14 ... Srikanth won 3 points in a row from 16-all to take crucial lead ... From 17-20 Wan Ho saved 2 match points but Srikanth converted 3rd match point for exciting win after 69 minutes ... In quarter final Srikanth is facing WR #4 Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto.

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