Badminton News

At $120K Malaysia Masters 2016, Penang (Grand Prix Gold)

[R1] (10) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) bt Takuma UEDA (JPN,32) 21-19 21-11
[R1] Subhankar DEY (IND,178) bt Kantaphon WANGCHAROEN (THA,169) 21-19 21-16
[R1] Sameer VERMA (IND,46) bt (12) Sho SASAKI (JPN,24) 21-18 21-18
[R1] (2) K. Srikanth (IND,9) bt Wei Feng CHONG (MAS,41) 21-17 21-11
[R1] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) bt Shahzan Shah MISFAHUL (MAS,458) 21-13 21-15

[R1] PV Sindhu (IND,12) bt Sabrina JAQUET (SUI,54) 21-19 21-5
[R1] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt Mei Kuan CHOW (MAS)/ LEE Meng Yean (MAS) 21-14 14-21 25-23

[R2] (2) K. Srikanth (IND,9) bt Christie JONATAN (INA,38) 21-16 21-15
[R2] (10) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) bt Petr KOUKAL (CZE,87) 21-17 21-17
[R2] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) l (3) Tommy SUGIARTO (INA,11) 14-21 21-10 18-21
[R2] Sameer VERMA (IND,46) l GOH Soon Huat (MAS,59) 21-7 13-21 16-21
[R2] Subhankar DEY (IND,178) l XUE Song (CHN,30) 21-16 11-21 19-21

[R3] (2) K. Srikanth (IND,9) bt (16) Boonsak PONSANA (THA,29) 21-17 21-10
[R3] (10) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) bt Zulfadli ZULKIFFLI (MAS, 42) 11-21 21-8 22-20
[R2] (3) PV Sindhu (IND,12) bt Kaori IMABEPPU (JPN,36) 21-13 13-21 21-14

[R2] Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) l Shizuka MATSUO (JPN)/ Mami NAITO (JPN) 14-21 17-21

[QF] (2) K. Srikanth (IND,9) vs Yuxiang HUANG (CHN,76)
[QF] (10) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,21) vs (1) Chong Wei LEE (MAS,5)
[QF] (3) PV Sindhu (IND,12) vs Lindaweni FANETRI (INA,25)

So only three singles players in the quarters ... In that Ajay scores amazing comeback win after 11-19 down in the final game ... I am worried about poor form of Ashwini and Jwala in Olympics year ... They need to show improvement in their performance.