Sunday, March 17, 2019

Badminton News

At $150K YONEX Swiss Open 2019, Basel, Switzerland (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[SF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,22) bt (2) Long Chen (CHN,5) 21-18 21-13

Sai scored an impressive win over a current Olympic champion and 2 times World champion Long Chen ... Sai completed the win in two straight games and in the final he is facing WR #2 Yuqi Shi.

At $75K Lingshui China Masters 2019, Hainan, China (BWF Tour Super 100)

[R1] Lakshya Sen (IND,104) bt Kean Yew Loh (SIN,61) 21-12 21-13
[R2] Lakshya Sen (IND,104) bt Ha Young Woong (KOR,217) 21-14 21-15
[QF] Lakshya Sen (IND,104) bt (4) Zhou Zeqi (CHN,42) 16-21 21-15 21-19

[SF] Lakshya Sen (IND,104) l Weng Hongyang (CHN,258) 9-21 21-12 17-21

Lakshya showing positive progress on the senior level ... In the China Masters, he lost in the semis against a local player, this was a winnable match for him but he failed to overcome challenges of Hongyang.

Before that, he had a couple of good wins ... In the first round, he defeated in-form Loh, who won the Thailand Masters in January ... And in the quarters, he scored a comeback win over the top-50 local player Zeqi.

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