At $775K DANISA Denmark Open 2018, Odense (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,23) bt Jonatan Christie (INA,13) 23-21 6-21 22-20
[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) bt Lin Dan (CHN,14) 18-21 21-17 21-16
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) bt (2) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,2) 21-15 21-17
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt (7) So Hee Lee (KOR)/ Seung Chan Shin (KOR) 18-21 22-20 21-18
[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) vs Sameer Verma (IND,23)
[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt (8) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,7)
[QF] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (1) Yuki Fukushima (JPN)/ Sayaka Hirota (JPN)
Saina scored an impressive win over WR #2 Yamaguchi in straight games, this was her first win against Yamaguchi in six years ... In the first game, from 10-all Saina took a control to win it ... In the second game, both players exchanged leads but from 16-17 Saina won next 5 points to complete the win ... In the quarters, she is facing another top-10 Japanese girl, Nozomi Okuhara.
Sameer scored a hard-fought win over in-form Jonatan Christie in 70 mins ... In the first game, both players were neck to neck before Sameer took 19-16 lead ... Christie won next 4 points for 19-20 lead, Sameer saved this game point and converted the second for winning this game ... Sameer didn't try much in the second game and lost lopsidedly ... In the third game, from 3-8 down he started his fightback ... He won 7 points in a row to take 15-10 lead from 8-10 down ... Christie caught him at 15-all, Sameer had 3 match points at 20-17 but Christie saved all those ... Sameer converted the 4th for a fighting win.
After a longtime Ashwini and Sikki scored the top-10 win, they scored a comeback win over WR #7 Korean pair ... Ashwini and Sikki matched the Koreans in this match ... In the first game also they were neck to neck with the Koreans and were leading 3 points in the middle of the game ... The Koreans took lead from a 16-all and kept that advantage of winning it ... In the second game, Ashwini and Sikki took an early lead but the Koreans caught them at 18-all from 18-15 down ... Our pair kept their nerve and converted the 2nd game point to take the match into decider ... In the final game, from 3-6 down our pair opened a 9-6 lead and our pair kept that till the end of the game ... The Koreans came close at 19-18 but Ashwini and Sikki won next 2 points for completing win in 61 mins ... Next, they r facing WR #1 Japanese pair.
Srikanth completed a terrific day for the Indians ... He scored a comeback win over the legendary Lin Dan after losing the first game.
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,23) bt Jonatan Christie (INA,13) 23-21 6-21 22-20
[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) bt Lin Dan (CHN,14) 18-21 21-17 21-16
[R2] Saina Nehwal (IND,11) bt (2) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,2) 21-15 21-17
[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt (7) So Hee Lee (KOR)/ Seung Chan Shin (KOR) 18-21 22-20 21-18
[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,6) vs Sameer Verma (IND,23)
[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,10) bt (8) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,7)
[QF] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (1) Yuki Fukushima (JPN)/ Sayaka Hirota (JPN)
Saina scored an impressive win over WR #2 Yamaguchi in straight games, this was her first win against Yamaguchi in six years ... In the first game, from 10-all Saina took a control to win it ... In the second game, both players exchanged leads but from 16-17 Saina won next 5 points to complete the win ... In the quarters, she is facing another top-10 Japanese girl, Nozomi Okuhara.
Sameer scored a hard-fought win over in-form Jonatan Christie in 70 mins ... In the first game, both players were neck to neck before Sameer took 19-16 lead ... Christie won next 4 points for 19-20 lead, Sameer saved this game point and converted the second for winning this game ... Sameer didn't try much in the second game and lost lopsidedly ... In the third game, from 3-8 down he started his fightback ... He won 7 points in a row to take 15-10 lead from 8-10 down ... Christie caught him at 15-all, Sameer had 3 match points at 20-17 but Christie saved all those ... Sameer converted the 4th for a fighting win.
After a longtime Ashwini and Sikki scored the top-10 win, they scored a comeback win over WR #7 Korean pair ... Ashwini and Sikki matched the Koreans in this match ... In the first game also they were neck to neck with the Koreans and were leading 3 points in the middle of the game ... The Koreans took lead from a 16-all and kept that advantage of winning it ... In the second game, Ashwini and Sikki took an early lead but the Koreans caught them at 18-all from 18-15 down ... Our pair kept their nerve and converted the 2nd game point to take the match into decider ... In the final game, from 3-6 down our pair opened a 9-6 lead and our pair kept that till the end of the game ... The Koreans came close at 19-18 but Ashwini and Sikki won next 2 points for completing win in 61 mins ... Next, they r facing WR #1 Japanese pair.
Srikanth completed a terrific day for the Indians ... He scored a comeback win over the legendary Lin Dan after losing the first game.
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