Friday, March 27, 2015

Badminton News

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

[QF] H. S. Prannoy (IND,17) l (6) Viktor Axelsen (DEN,6) 21-16 9-21 18-21
[QF] (2) K. Srikanth (IND,4) bt Takuma Ueda (JPN,23) 21-15 23-25 21-18
[QF] (Q) R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,60) l (Q) Xue Song (CHN,43) 21-15 18-21 13-21

[QF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) bt Hana Ramadhini (INA,77) 21-15 21-12

[SF] (2) K. Srikanth (IND,4) vs (Q) Xue Song (CHN,43)
[SF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Yui Hashimoto (JPN,37)

Saina score expected comfortable win over her Indonesian opponent Hana ... Next she is facing Japanese girl Yui Hashimoto for place in the final and becoming WR #1.

Srikanth score hard fought win over Japanese Takuma Ueda ... After winning first game Srikanth struggled against Ueda ... He missed three match points before losing second game in extra points but recovered well for winning final game in almost 80 minutes long match ... In the semis he is facing in-form Chinese qualifier Xue Song.

Guru lose to Xue Song in three games ... After winning first game Guru failed to keep momentum and lost next two games ... Same is happened with Prannoy as he also lose in three games against WR #6 Viktor Axelsen ... Prannoy started well when he won first game but he was outplayed by Viktor in second game ... In third game Prannoy tried fightback but Viktor kept his nerve on important points.

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