Saturday, June 06, 2015

Badminton News

At $800K Indonesian open 2015, Jakarta (Superseries Premier)

[QF] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,12) bt (1) Long CHEN (CHN,1) 14-21 21-17 21-14
[QF] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,3) l Shixian WANG (CHN,7) 21-16 12-21 18-21

[SF] Kashyap PARUPALLI (IND,12) l (8) Kento MOMOTA (JPN,9) 21-12 17-21 19-21

Kashyap lose in the semis after winning the first game against Japanese Kento Momota in 76 minutes ... After winning the first game easily Kashyap failed to keep momentum in the second ... In the second game Kashyap caught Kento at 17-all but lose next 4 points to lose this game ... In the final game from 10-all Kashyap opened couple of point lead which he extended to 17-13 ... But from 16-19 again Kento won five points in a row for winning this match ... Missed opportunity for Kashyap after his excellent win over WR #1 Long Chen in previous round.

Before this in the quarters Kashyap defeated current WR #1 Long Chen after losing the first game ... After losing the first game Kashyap took couple of points lead from 7-all and kept that lead to win the second game ... In the final game he opened 9-3 lead and Long failed to catch with Kashyap after that ... Which helped Kashyap to score his second win over Long ... In 2012 Kashyap defeated Long in same tournament.

Saina again failed to overcome challenge of Shixian Wang ... Saina won the first game but in the second from 6-all Shixian took control for winning it comfortably ... In the third game Saina was leading 13-8 and then 15-10 but again failed to capitalize ... Shixian caught her at 15-all and won two points in row from 19-all for completing another victory.

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