Friday, November 14, 2014

Badminton News

At $700K Thaihot China Open 2014, Fuzhou, China (Superseries Premier)

[QF] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,17) l Marc Zwiebler (GER,25) 18-21 21-18 21-13
[QF] Srikanth K. (IND,16) bt Kento Momota (JPN,12) 21-17 23-21
[QF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Di Suo (CHN,179) 21-13 17-21 21-5

[SF] Srikanth K. (IND,16) vs Marc Zwiebler (GER,25)
[SF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Liu Xin (CHN,17)

Huge upset win for Srikanth against Momota in straight games ... In their last two meetings Momota defeated Srikanth so he started in this match as favorite ... In thew first game both players were neck to neck till 17-all but from here Srikanth won next 4 points for winning this game ... The second game was also very close as both players were together till 19-all ... Momota had a game point at 20-19 but Srikanth saved that and then converted 2nd match point for winning this match ... In the semis he is facing German Zwiebler, who scored comeback win over Kashyap.

Saina wins her match in three games against Di Suo ... After winning the first game comfortably Saina lost her focus and concentration ... After losing the second game Saina crushed Suo losing only 5 points in the final game ... Next she is having another Chinese challenge Liu Xin.

Kashyap always face trouble against Zwiebler and that again prove here ... He started well after winning the first game but after that failed to keep momentum ... Other hand Zwiebler dominated the third game after losing the second.

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