Badminton News

At $1M YONEX All England Open Badminton Championships 2019, Birmingham, England (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000)

[R2] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) bt Jonatan Christie (INA,9) 21-17 11-21 21-12
[R2] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,26) l Ng Ka Long Angus (HKG,15) 12-21 17-21

[R2] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (DEN,19) 8-21 21-16 21-13

[QF] (7) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)

[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs (1) Tai Tzu-ying (TPE,1)

A crap draws for Saina and Srikanth in the quarters, as both of them facing the WR #1 opponents.
Saina made a strong comeback after losing the first game against the top-20 Danish girl, Kjaersfeldt ... Kjaersfeldt won the first game without wasting any sweat but Saina recovered and won next 2 games comfortably.

Srikanth scored an impressive win over a tricky opponent, Jonatan Christie ... After winning the first game Srikanth lost the second game easily ... But he recovered and won the final game in a dominant manner.

Sai lost in straight games against the top-15 Hong Kong player, Ng Ka Long Angus.