Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Badminton News

At $1M VICTOR China Open 2018, Changzhou (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[R1] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Rasmus Gemke (DEN,23) 21-9 21-19
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,13) l (8) Ka Long Angus Ng (HKG,11) 16-21 12-21

[R1] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) bt Saena Kawakami (JPN,39) 21-15 21-13
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,9) 22-20 8-21 14-21

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) bt Min Chun Liao (TPE)/ Ching Heng Su (TPE) 13-21 21-13 21-12
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l V Shem Goh (MAS)/ Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) 19-21 20-22

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l So Yeong Kim (KOR)/ Hee Yong Kong (KOR) 10-21 18-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Marvin Emil Seidel (GER)/ Linda Efler (GER) 21-19 21-17
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Marcus Ellis (ENG)/ Lauren Smith (ENG) 21-13 20-22 21-17

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,28)

[R2] (3) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,24)

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) vs Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Chi-Lin Wang (TPE)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Siwei Zheng (CHN)/ Yaqiong Huang (CHN)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (6) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN)

Sindhu started with a comfortable win against lower ranked Japanese opponent Kawakami ... Next, she is facing Thai girl Ongbamrungphan.
Disappointing loss for Saina after winning the first game against Sung ... Saina looked rusty and tired on the court, Sung took an advantage of it after winning last two games comfortably.
Srikanth started with straight games win over his Danish opponent ... Next, he is facing Thai challenge of Avihingsanon ... But a disappointing straight game loss for Prannoy.

Manu-Sumeeth showing consistency in their performance as they scored a comeback win against the top-15 Taipei pair ... Next, they r facing another the top-15 Taipei pair.
Prannav-Sikki also scored an upset win over higher ranked German pair in straight games ... Next, they r facing WR #5 Danish pair ... Satwik and Chirag's poor un continues ... They lost against V Shem Goh and Wee Kiong Tan in straight games, Sumeet and Manu defeated the same opponents in three games at Korean open.
Ashwini and Sikki lost their match against lower ranked Korean pair ... Our doubles pairs r struggling with consistency ... Only Manu and Sumeet r showing some.
Ashwini-Satwik extracted revenge of their Commonwealth semi-final loss against experienced British pairing of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith ... They scored a really good three games win over the top-15 pair ... Next, they r having a tough match against WR #1 local Chinese pair.

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