Thursday, March 26, 2015

Badminton News

At $275K India Open 2015, New Delhi (Superseries)

[R2] (2) K. Srikanth (IND,4) bt Kento MOMOTA (JPN,15) 21-12 15-21 21-15
[R2] PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,13) l XUE Song (CHN,43) 17-21 11-21
[R2] H. S. Prannoy (IND,17) bt (1) Jan O JORGENSEN (DEN,2) 18-21 21-14 21-14
[R2] R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,50) bt (Q) Sameer VERMA (IND,231) 18-21 21-19 21-18

[R2] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND,2) bt (Q) Ruthvika Shivani GADDE (IND,193) 21-16 21-17
[R2] Riya PILLAI (IND,198) l Yui HASHIMOTO (JPN,37) 6-21 14-21

[QF] H. S. Prannoy (IND,17) vs (6) Viktor Axelsen (DEN,6)
[QF] (2) K. Srikanth (IND,4) vs Takuma Ueda (JPN,23)
[QF] (Q) R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,50) vs Xue Song (CHN,43)

[QF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Hana Ramadhini (INA,77)

Prannoy score huge upset win over WR #2 and top-seed Danish player Jan O Jorgensen in comeback win ... After losing the first game Prannoy scored terrific comeback to win next two games comfortably ... Next he is facing another tough challenge of top-10 Danish WR #6 Viktor Axelsen.

Srikanth take revenge of his loss at All England against Japanese opponent Kento Momota in three games ... In the quarters he is facing another Japanese challenge of Takuma Ueda.

Guru score tight win over his compatriot Sameer Verma ... Sameer was 2 points away from a win in second game, 19-all, after winning first game ... But Guru fought back to win next two points and third game ... In the quarters he is having tough challenge of Chinese Xue Song, who beats Kashyap convincingly.

Saina surprisingly stretch by Ruthvika in straight games win ... Next she is facing Indonesian girl Hana Ramadhini ... Other hand expected loss of Riya Pillai against Japanese Yui.

Before that in the first round couple of creditable wins by Indians ... Sameer Verma defeated Danish WR #9 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus in straight games ... And Guru defeated WR #30 Korean Dong Keun Lee in tight three games after saving one match point ... Our doubles pairs fail to cross second round.

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