Friday, November 25, 2016

Badminton News

At $350K Hong Kong Open Badminton Championships 2016, Kowloon (Superseries)

[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,43) bt Wei Feng Chong (MAS,53) 21-17 23-21
[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,19) l Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,14) 15-21 14-21

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,11) l Ngan Yi Cheung (HKG,26) 8-21 21-18 19-21
[QF] Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,9) bt Xiaoyu Liang (SIN,32) 21-17 21-23 21-18

[SF] Sameer Verma (IND,43) vs (3) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,3)

[SF] Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,9) vs Ngan Yi Cheung (HKG,26)

Sindhu needed to dig deep for her three games win over her Singaporean opponent ... After losing second game Sindhu was 6-12 down in the decider but she kept fighting and won couple of big consecutive points, 8 and 6 for a win ... Next she is facing Hong Kong's Ngan Yi Cheung, who scored upset win over Saina in three games ... Saina fought back for winning second after losing first game lopsidedly ... In the decider Saina took 9-3 early lead which she failed to keep ... Saina also tried comeback in final game after winning 6 points in a row from 11-18 to 17-18 but Cheung kept advantage for winning it.

Sameer continued with his good run and scored straight games win over Malaysian Chong for entering into the semis ... In the semis he is facing in form Danish player Jan O Jorgensen.

Ajay failed to challenge his Hong Kong opponent Ka Long Angus Ng.

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