Badminton News

At $500K Maybank Malaysia Open 2015, Kuala Lumpur (Superseries Premier)

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,13) bt Dong Keun Lee (KOR,30) 21-15 11-21 21-14
[R1] (4) Srikanth Kidambi (IND,4) bt Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,20) 21-10 15-21 24-22
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,17) bt Scott Evans (IRL,25) 22-20 21-18
[R1] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) bt Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA,47) 21-13 21-16

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) l Andrei Adistia (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 11-21 17-21
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Keshya Nurvita Hanadia (INA)/ Devi Tika Permatasari (INA) 21-14 18-21 21-16

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,13) vs (1) Long Chen (CHN,1)
[R1] (4) Srikanth Kidambi (IND,4) vs Houwei Tian (CHN,16)
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,17) vs (5) Lin Dan (CHN,3)
[R1] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Xue Yao (CHN,74)

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (6) Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (INA)/ Greysia Polii (INA)

Turn to be terrific day for Indians as only our men's doubles pair Manu-Sumeet lost their matches.

Saina score comfortable straight games victory ... Prannoy score tight two games win over Evans ... Kashyap needs three games for winning against his Korean opponent ... Jwala-Ashwin also begin with win against Indonesian pair.

Srikanth need to save two match points for completing win in three games ... Rajiv tried fighting comeback but once again Srikanth kept his nerve for winning in extra points ... Next in the singles our all players having tough matches against their respective Chinese opponents.