Badminton News

At $170K Barcelona Spain Masters 2020, Spain (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 300)

[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,30) bt Kai Schaefer (GER,77) 21-14 16-21 21-15
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) bt (3) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,12) 21-6 21-17

[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) bt Maria Ulitina (UKR,101) 21-10 21-19

[R2] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (3) Gabriela Stoeva (BUL)/ Stefani Stoeva (BUL) 18-21 14-21

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l (1) Soon Huat Goh (MAS)/ Shevon Jemie Lai (MAS) 16-21 21-17 11-21

[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,68) vs Thomas Rouxel (FRA,62)
[QF] Sameer Verma (IND,30) vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn (THA,32)

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,18) vs (3) Busanan Ongbamrungphan (THA,15)

Ajay scored a thumping win over Srikanth for entering into the quarters ... He is facing a similar ranked Frenchman Rouxel.
Sameer also joins him with 3 games win over his German opponent ... Next, he is facing a former junior World Champion Vitidsarn.
Saina scored straight games win over Ulitina ... Next, she is facing a Thai girl, Busanan Ongbamrungphan.

Pranaav and Sikki gave a fighting performance against their top-seed Malaysian opponents in 3 games loss ... Stoeva sisters proved a better pair on the court than Ashwini and Sikki.