Friday, March 10, 2017

Badminton News

At $500K YONEX All England Open, Birmingham, England (SuperSeries Premier)

[QF] (6) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) l (1) Tzu Ying Tai (TPE,1) 14-21 10-21
[QF] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,10) l (3) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,3) 20-22 20-22

Saina lost in closely fought two games against Sung in 54 mins ... Saina had her chances but she failed to convert ... In the first game, Saina was 11-7 and then 17-12 leading but after that Saina lost 8 points in a row for 17-20 ... Saina saved three game points but Sung converted 4th game point ... In the second game, till 14-all both players were neck to neck ... Then Sung took control and had 3 match points at 17-20 ... This time also Saina saved those 3 match points but again Sung converted 4th match point for winning this match.

Sindhu got outplayed by Tai after leading 10-7 in the first game ... After that Sidhu tried to do extra but instead made numerous unforced errors from back of the court or from near the court.

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