$700K Indonesia Open 2013, Jakarta - Superseries Premier

[jaydeep]

As expected big Indian contingent but surprisingly Sindhu is missing this event ... Hopefully nothing serious injury scare.

Only Sai Praneeth and pair of Aparna Balan-Siki Reddy qualify for the main-draw ... After losing the first game Sai dominated the second, he won 14 points in a row from 7-3 for winning this game ... In the final game also Sai was leading from the start but lost his concentration from 19-14 and gave chance to Momota ... Momota caught with him at 20-all but Sai converted 3rd match point.

Aparna Balan-Siki Reddy also scored hard fought win ... All three games were closely contested but Aparna-Siki lost the first game ... In the second game they had early lead which they conceded but Aparna-Siki saved a match point before winning this game ... In the final game also Aparna-Siki take early game but each time their Thai opponents fought back ... Our pair converted sixth match point for exciting win.

Other hand poor outing for our men's doubles pairs.

[Q1] (4) Anand Pawar (IND,41) bt Dong Keun Lee (KOR,51) 21-15 19-21 21-11
[Q1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,55) bt Sukamta Evert (INA,150) 21-11 21-16
[Q1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,64) l (2) Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,39) 21-13 14-21 21-17
[Q1] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,75) l Maziyyah Nadhir (INA,73) 21-23 19-21

[Q1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l Wijaya Rendra (INA)/ Rian Sukmawan (INA) 19-21 15-21
[Q1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Ronald Alexander (INA)/ Selvanus Geh (INA) 19-21 18-21
[Q1] (3) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) bt Nurbeta Kwanrico (INA)/ Deariska Putri Medita (INA) 21-9 21-9
[Q1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) l (4) Ririn Amelia (INA)/ Anggia Shitta Awanda (INA) 19-21 20-22

[Q1] Mohd Razif Abdul Latif (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) l Adi Pratama (INA)/ Nadya Melati (INA) 11-21 21-12 19-21
[Q1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Patiphat Chalardchaleam (THA)/ Jongkonphan Kittiharakul (THA) 16-21 21-16 16-21

[Q2] (4) Anand Pawar (IND,41) l Riyanto Subagja (INA,71) 8-21 12-21
[Q2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,55) bt Kento Momota (JPN,49) 15-21 21-3 22-20

[Q2] (3) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) bt Rodjana Chuthabunditkul (THA)/ Jongkonphan Kittiharakul (THA) 18-21 22-20 24-22

[jaydeep]

Sai is facing local legend Taufik Hidayat, who already announced his retirement after this tournament ... I m hoping his match against Sai will be his last professional match ...

Saina had a tough first round match against WR #14 and Indonesian top singles player Lindaweni Fanetri ... In the first game Saina take control from 9-all after opening 4 points lead which she kept till end for winning this game ... In the second game both players exchanged couple of point lead but Saina opened crucial 2 points lead at 15-all ... Saina was leading 20-18 but she wasted 6 match points in this long game which Fanetri won converting 4th game point in extra points ... In the final game Saina started with 5-0 lead which she kept increasing and won the match after 74 minutes ... Next she is facing little unknown Japanese opponent Sayaka Takahashi.

In MXD Tarun-Ashwini also had close match against local pair ... In the first game after 6-3 lead Tarun-Ashwini kept this lead throughout the game for winning this ... In the second game Indonesian pair won 10 points in a row from 3-7 down to take control which they won comfortably ... In the final game Our pair take early couple of points lead but Indonesian pair caught them at 12-all ... Then Indonesian pair take 2 points lead at 17-15 but Tarun-Ashwini managed to make it 18-all ... Tarun-Ashwini saved a match point at 19-10 before converting 4th match in extra points ... Next they r facing 7th seed Polish pair.


[R1] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,55) vs Taufik Hidayat (INA,35)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,10) vs Sho Sasaki (JPN,19)
[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,37) vs Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,15)
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) vs (Q) Riyanto Subagja (INA,71)
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,25) vs Andre Kurniwan Tedjono (INA,53)
[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) bt Lindaweni Fanetri (INA,14) 21-17 27-29 21-13

[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Mingtian Fu (SIN)/ Lei Yao (SIN)
[R1] (Q) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs Gebby Ristiyani Imawan (INA)/ Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah (INA)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Praveen Jordan (INA)/ Vita Marissa (INA) 21-18 14-21 25-23

[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,24)

[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (7) Robert Mateusiak (POL)/ Nadiezda Zieba (POL)

[Omkara]

How can World No 1 face world no 14 in R1. Tennis has a better system of creating draws...

[gbelday]

Srikanth not playing this one?

[jaydeep]

Srikanth not playing this one?

No, due to his lower ranking when entries accepted.

[prasen9]

Right. What happened to Sindhu?

[jaydeep]

What happened to Sindhu?

I don't see her in the Indonesian open draw

She is out due to a knee injury ... Here is little info on that.

Injured Sindhu to skip Indonesia Super Series Premier

Malaysia Grand Prix Gold champion P V Sindhu would skip the Indonesia Super Series Premier badminton tournament to be played next week in Jakarta after failing to recover completely from a knee injury.
The Asian junior champion, who had suffered a niggle last month and further aggravated it at the Sudirman Cup mixed team championship in Malaysia, had also pulled out of the Thailand Grand Prix Gold this week.

Confirming this, chief national coach Pullela Gopi Chand said Sindhu had started training in the last few days but she was not 100 per cent and hence would pull out of the Indonesia Open.
“The call over her Singapore Super Series participation (that will follow the Indonesia Open) would be taken in a few days after seeing her progress in practice,” he added.

[jaydeep]

Shocking one-sided loss of Kashyap in 31 minutes, where he managed to win only 15 points in the match.

Ajay recovered well in the final game after losing the second game easily against local qualifier ... Next he is facing Indonesia's top player and WR #5 Sony Dwi Kuncoro ... Guru also scored good win against former top-20 Indonesian player Tedjono in straight games ... Next he is facing Japanese qualifier, who scored upset win over 7th seed Danish player.

Ashwini-Pradnya scored tight win over experienced Singaporean pair ... In the final game Singaporean pair were leading by 2-3 points but our pair caught them at 14-all from 11-14 ... After that our pair had 19-16 lead but this time Singaporean pair made it 19-all ... Ashwini-Pradnya played kept their focus and converted 2nd match point ... Next they r facing local pair, who upset 6th seed Thai pair.

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,10) l Sho Sasaki (JPN,19) 7-21 8-21
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) bt (Q) Riyanto Subagja (INA,71) 22-20 8-21 21-12
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,25) bt Andre Kurniwan Tedjono (INA,53) 22-20 21-16

[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Mingtian Fu (SIN)/ Lei Yao (SIN) 21-16 15-21 22-20
[R1] (Q) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Gebby Ristiyani Imawan (INA)/ Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah (INA) 12-21 17-21

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) vs (4) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,5)
[R2] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,25) vs (Q) Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,39)

[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Anneke Feinya Agustin (INA)/ Della Destiara Haris (INA)

[jaydeep]

Sai scored comeback win over Indonesian legend Taufik Hidayat in his last competitive match as this was his last tournament ... After losing the first game Sai dominated the second before winning the third winning crucial points ... Terrific win for Sai.

Sourabh also scored big win over top-15 Danish player Vittinghus in three games ... He also lost the first game before winning next two games comfortably.

At $700K Djarum Indonesia Open 2013, Jakarta (Superseries Premier)

[R1] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,55) bt Taufik Hidayat (INA,35) 15-21 21-12 21-17
[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,37) bt Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,15) 19-21 21-14 21-15

[Sin Hombre]

4 Indians in the last 16 of men's singles at a Super Series event


I think it is the most of any nation.

[jaydeep]

Next matches r tough for Sai and Sourabh against WR #1 and WR #3 respectively.

[R2] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,55) vs (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1)
[R2] Sourabh Varma (IND,37) vs (3) Pengyu Du (CHN,3)

[jaydeep]

Guru and Saina in quarter finals with contrasting victories ... After winning the first game easily Guru lost the second game against Kazumasa cheaply ... In decider Kazumasa 7 points in a row from 8-10 to lead 15-10 ... Guru fought back winning 5 points in a row from 12-16 and then converted 3rd match point ... Next he is facing local player, Tommy Sugiarto.

Saina started confidently and won the first game comfortably ... In the second game Sayaka opened lead of 4 points from 11-all ... Saina managed to catch her at 18-all and then won 3 points in a row from 18-19 and completed straight games win ... Next she is facing surprising quarter-finalist Spanish girl Carolina Marin.

Sourabh gave fighting performance in the first game against Chinese Pengyu Du but Du proved too strong him in the second ... Ashwini lost her women's doubles and mixed doubles matches with her respective partners but in mixed doubles she and Tarun managed to stretch seeded Polish pair.

[R2] Sourabh Varma (IND,37) l (3) Pengyu Du (CHN,3) 16-21 6-21
[R2] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,23) bt (Q) Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,39) 21-12 9-21 21-19
[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) bt Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,24) 21-13 21-19

[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Anneke Feinya Agustin (INA)/ Della Destiara Haris (INA) 13-21 19-21
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (7) Robert Mateusiak (POL)/ Nadiezda Zieba (POL) 14-21 21-17 13-21

[QF] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,23) vs Tommy Sugiarto (INA,20)
[QF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Carolina Marin (ESP,27)

[jaydeep]

Ajay scored cracking win over local favorite and WR #5 Sony Dwi Kuncoro in straight games ... In the first game whenever Ajay opened 3/4 points lead Sony was catching him ... Ajay had game points at 20-18 but Sony saved both ... Again Ajay created 3rd game point which he converted ... After winning the first game in extra points Ajay dominated the second from the start ... He was leading 7-2 one time but Sony reduced it to 11-12 ... After that Ajay gave him only one more point and won the game easily for 38 mins victory ... Next he is facing unseeded German Zwiebler for place in the semis.

Sai gave fighting performance against WR #1 Lee ... In the first game Lee take 10-6 lead but Sai fought back to made it 11-all ... From 14-all Lee take lead but after 15-20 down Sai saved 3 game points before losing the game ... In the second game Lee take early 7-3 lead which he kept increasing but Sai managed decent score line in his 38 mins loss.

[R2] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,55) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 18-21 12-21
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) bt (4) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,5) 22-20 21-12

[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) vs Marc Zwiebler (GER,22)
[QF] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,23) vs Tommy Sugiarto (INA,20)
[QF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Carolina Marin (ESP,27)

[Sin Hombre]

If both our boys win tomorrow, we will have an all-Indian semifinal at the SuperSeries level.

That will be a first I think.

[gbelday]

Wow, I love this depth. We don't have to rely on one or two guys winning. Looking good, Rio