Saturday, November 15, 2014

Badminton News

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

[SF] Srikanth K. (IND,16) bt Marc Zwiebler (GER,25) 21-11 13-7 Retd.
[SF] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Liu Xin (CHN,17) 21-17 21-17

[F] Srikanth K. (IND,16) vs Lin Dan (CHN,14)
[F] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,35)

Saina play patient and control game with mixture of attacking, defending and smart net game to beat Chinese girl Liu Xin in straight games ... In both games Xin took early small lead but Saina coolly made a comeback to take control from middle of the game for winning both games ... In the final she is facing junior World champion Japanese giant-killer Akane Yamaguchi ... Interestingly this is a first Superseries ladies final of 2014 where not a single Chinese player is playing.

Srikanth enter into his first Superseries final when his German opponent Zwiebler retired from semi-final match ... That time Srikanth was dominating the match ... In the final Srikanth is facing Chinese living legend and undoubtedly most successful badminton player Lin Dan.

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