Friday, January 18, 2019

Badminton News

At $350K PERODUA Malaysia Masters 2019, Kuala Lumpur (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) l (4) Wan Ho Son (KOR,5) 23-21 16-21 17-21

[QF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt (2) Nozomi Okuhara (JPN,2) 21-18 23-21

[SF] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs (4) Carolina Marin (ESP,6)

Saina scored an excellent close straight games win over WR #2, Nozomi Okuhara ... In the first game, from 9-all Okuhara opened 9-15 and then 12-16 lean ... Saina cut that lead and was leading 17-16 ... Saina converted the 2nd game point to win the game ... In the second game, both players exchanged the lead ... Okuhara had game points at 20-19 and 21-10 but Saina saved both and converted her first match point for this win ... Next, she is facing Carolina Marin.
Srikanth lost in a long match after winning the first game against the former WR #1 Korean, Wan Ho Son ... Son was a better player in long rallies against Srikanth.

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