Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Badminton News

At $600K Victor Korea Open 2014, Seoul (Superseries)

[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,47) l (5) Kenichi Tago (JPN,5) 10-21 11-21
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V (IND,28) l Takuma Ueda (JPN,15) 11-21 11-21

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Anna Rankin (NZL)/ Madeleine Stapleton (NZL) 21-10 21-7
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Johannes Schoettler (GER)/ Johanna Goliszewsk (GER) 22-20 21-17

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (3) Ye Na Jang (KOR)/ So Young Kim (KOR)
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (7) Michael Fuchs (GER)/ Birgit Michels (GER)

Srikanth and Guru failed to produce any challenge to their respective Japanese opponents and lost their respective matches without much fight.

Jwala-Ashwini take advantage of weaker opponents and won their match in 19 minutes against New Zealand pair ... Next they r facing tough challenge of local favorite and WR #7 Korean pair of Ye Na Jang-So Young Kim.

Ashwini started with win in MXD with Tarun Kona ast they defeated German pair in the first round ... Ashwini-Tarun started well and take early 8-2 lead but from 13-17 German pair won next 5 points to lead 18-17 ... Tarun-Ashwini had 2 game points at 20-18 but they missed those before converting 3rd game point ... In the second game Ashwini-Tarun were down 9-11 before winning next 4 points to lead 13-11 ... After that they kept their advantage and completed victory in 34 minutes ... Next they r facing another German pair but this time 7th seed Fuchs-Michels.

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