Thursday, June 22, 2017

Badminton News

At $750K Australian Open 2017, Sydney (Superseries)

[R2] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,11) bt (1) Wan Ho Son (KOR,1) 15-21 21-13 21-13
[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,16) bt Yuxiang Huang (CHN,25) 21-15 18-21 21-13
[R2] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,4) bt Xiaoxin Chen (CHN,22) 21-13 21-18
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,16) bt Soniia Cheah (MAS,26) 21-15 20-22 21-14

[R2] N. Sikki Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (7) Shiho Tanaka (JPN)/ Koharu Yonemoto (JPN) 21-18 18-21 13-21
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (8) Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Chi-Lin Wang (TPE) 16-12 18-21

[QF] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,11) vs Sai Praneeth B. (IND,16)
[QF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,4) vs (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1)
[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,16) vs (6) Yu Sun (CHN,6)

After new ranking update, expected jump for Srikanth to #11 ... Again impressive performance by Srikanth, he defeated WR#1 Son second time in two weeks ... After losing the first game he made strong comeback and won next two games convincingly ... Next, he is facinf Sai, who also scored three games win over hsi Chinese opponent, Yuxiang Huang.

Sindhu entered into the quarters after straight games win over chinese girl Chen ... But next, she is having tough match against in form WR#1 Tai.

Saina also scored three games win over Malaysian for reaching the quarters ... After winning the first set she lost her concentration to lose the second but recovered in the third for winning it comfortably ... Next, she is facing Chinese girl Yu Sun.

In the doubles, our both pairs lost against seeded pairs.

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