Sunday, January 29, 2017

Badminton News

At $120K Syed Modi International Badminton Championships 2017, Lucknow, India

Men's Singles Final
(8) Sameer VERMA (IND,35) bt (9) Sai B. PRANEETH (IND,36) 21-19, 21-16

Women's Singles Final
(1) PUSARLA V. Sindhu (IND,9) bt Gregoria MARISKA (INA,120) 21-13 21-14

Women's Doubles Final
Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND)/ N. Sikki REDDY (IND) l (1) Kamilla Rytter JUHL (DEN)/ Christinna PEDERSEN (DEN) 16-21 18-21

Mixed Doubles Final
(2) Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA / N. Sikki REDDY (IND) bt (7) B. Sumeeth REDDY (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) 22-20, 21-10

[SF] (9) Sai B. PRANEETH (IND,36) bt (3) Srikanth KIDAMBI (IND,19) 15-21 21-10 21-17
[SF] (8) Sameer VERMA (IND,35) bt (15) Harsheel DANI (IND,76) 21-15 21-11

[SF] (1) PUSARLA V. Sindhu (IND,9) bt (4) Fitriani FITRIANI (INA,31) 21-11 21-19

[SF] Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND)/ N. Sikki REDDY (IND) bt Sanjana SANTOSH (IND)/ Arathi Sara SUNIL (IND) 18-21 21-12 21-13

[SF] (7) B. Sumeeth REDDY (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bt (1) Joachim FISCHER NIELSEN / Christinna PEDERSEN (DEN) 19-21 21-18 21-18
[SF] (2) Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA (IND)/ N. Sikki REDDY (IND) bt (5) Mathias CHRISTIANSEN (DEN)/ Sara THYGESEN (DEN) 21-18 21-13

[QF] (3) Srikanth KIDAMBI (IND,19) bt (7) Zulfadli ZULKIFFLI (MAS,30) 21-12 21-17
[QF] (9) Sai B. PRANEETH (IND,36) bt (11) Sourabh VARMA (IND,43) 21-19 12-21 21-10
[QF] (15) Harsheel DANI (IND,76) bt Emil HOLST (DEN,47) 21-16 17-21 21-11
[QF] (8) Sameer VERMA (IND,35) bt (2) Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (DEN,15) 21-15 21-13

[QF] (1) PUSARLA V. Sindhu (IND,9) bt Vaidehi CHOUDHARI (IND,609) 21-15 21-11
[QF] Rituparna DAS (IND,66) l (4) Fitriani FITRIANI (INA,31) 17-21 21-13 21-23
[QF] Sri Krishna Priya KUDARAVALLI (IND,135) l Hanna RAMADINI (INA,44) 17-21 15-21

Turned to be memorable Syed Modi International Badminton Championships GPG tournament for Indians ... Our players were in four categories finals and lifted three titles ... Expected comfortable title win for Sindhu.

Sameer Verma lifted his first GPG tournament title beating Sai Praneeth in straight games ... Before that Sai defeated Srikanth in the semis and young Harsheel Dani lost against Sameer ... In the quarters, Sameer defeated WR #15 Danish player Hans-Kristian Vittinghus comfortably.

In women's doubles final, Ashwini and Sikki failed to overcome challenge of top-seed Danish pair and lost in straight games.

In MXD, it was the first time the final played between Indian pairs in GPG tournament ... Sikki and Pranaav lifted their first GPG title beating Ashwini and Sumeeth in straight games ... Before that in the semis, Ashwini and Sumeeth scored upset win over WR #4 Danish pair Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen.

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