Sunday, August 04, 2019

Badminton News

At $350K TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019, Bangkok (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

P.C. to Sportstar.thehindu.com
Men's Doubles Final
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt (3) Jun Hui Li (CHN)/ Yu Chen Liu (CHN) 21-19 18-21 21-18

Satwik and Chirag create history as they become a first Indian pair to lift the BWF Super 500 tournament title ... They defeated a regaining World Champion and WR #2 Chinese pair, Jun Hui Li and Yu Chen Liu, in the final ... In the first game, Satwik and Chirag took an early lead 7-3 then 10-6, but a Chinese pair caught them at 14-all ... Our pair took a 20-18 lead and converted 2nd game point for winning the game ... In the second game also, our pair took an early lead 6-2, but the Chinese pair caught them at 11-all ... Our pair again took a couple of points lead at 16-14 but the Chinese pair won the game-winning last 5 points from 16-18 down ... In the third game, the Chinese pair took an early lead 1-4 then 3-6, but Indian pair fought back to win next 5 points to lead 8-6 ... After that, the Indian pair kept lead and increased to 4 points ... A Chinese pair tried to come back from 19-16 down, but our pair kept their cool and won last 2 points from 19-18 for a memorable win.

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