BWF World Championships 2013, Guangzhou, China

[sameerph]

World championships started yesterday in China.

Ajay Jayaram caused a big upset beating 12th seed Hongkong player in first round while our doubles players had a bad start.


[R1] (13) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,13) d. Raul Must (EST,98) 19-21 21-14 21-9
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,24) d. (12) Wing Ki Wong (HKG,12) 22-20 17-21 21-15

[R1] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,3) bye
[R1] P. V. Sindhu (IND,12) bye

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) l Peter Kaesbauer (GER)/ Josche Zurwonne (GER) w/o
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bt Adam Cwalina (POL)/ Przemyslaw Wacha (POL) w/o
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Line Damkjaer Kruse (DEN)/ Marie Roepke (DEN) 23-21 18-21 17-21
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Lauren Smith (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 15-21 17-21

[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Min Chun Liao (TPE)/ Hsiao Huan Chen (TPE) 16-21 16-21
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Hirokatsu Hashimoto (JPN)/ Miyuki Maeda (JPN) 18-21 21-12 19-21

[Omkara]

Wow that's a fine win from Ajay. Let's see how well Saina and Sindhu manage their respective injuries.

[Tolamu]

Singles R2 results;
(13)Kashyap Parupalli(IND,13) l Petr Koukal(CZE,68) 5-14 Retd.
Ajay Jayaram(IND,24) l Pablo Abian(ESP,88) 9-21 17-21
(3)Saina Nehwal(IND,3) d. Olga Golovanova(RUS,66) 21-5 21-4
(10)P V Sindhu(IND,12) d. Kaori Imabeppu(JPN,32) 21-19 19-21 21-17
R3
(3)Saina Nehwal(IND,3) vs (15)Porntip Buranaprasertsuk(THA,18)
(10)P V Sindhu(IND,12) vs Yihan Wang(CHN,2)

[prashanthm]

Bad results on the men's side...

Tough matches for both Saina & Sindhu next up. GL!

[suresh]

Tough match for Yihan I would say

[indiansportsfan]

I think there is some mistake in case of Kashyap. Both Hindu and the tournament results page seem to suggest that it was his opponent that retired. So the next match is:
R3
(6)Yun Hu(HKG,6) vs (13)P. Kashyap(IND,13)

[Tolamu]

I think there is some mistake in case of Kashyap. Both Hindu and the tournament results page seem to suggest that it was his opponent that retired. So the next match is:
R3
(6)Yun Hu(HKG,6) vs (13)P. Kashyap(IND,13)

You were right. My source misinformed. Kashyap's R3 match is in the schedule.

[prasen9]

Disappointed with Ajay's loss after a rousing win.

[prashanthm]

Saina through to QA with a very tough win in 3 games & 52 mins.......

[R3] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) d. (15) Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,18) 18-21 21-16 21-14

Next up against Bae of Korea...

[QF] (3) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) v. (13) Yeon Ju Bae (KOR,16)

[prashanthm]

[R3] (13) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,17) d. (6) Yun Hu (HKG,6) 21-13 21-16

Kashyap wins the first game comfortably at 21-13... It was close at 9-7, but he ran away with the game after that......

Kashyap is leading 11-7 in the 2nd.....
From 6-7, Kashyap won 8 straight points to lead 14-7..........
Yun making a comeback of sorts 14-11 now.....
Yun managed to draw level at 15-15, but Kashyap raised his lead to 19-16 now, just 2 points away from the match...
And he wraps it up 21-16 in a total of 37 mins...., Comfortable win in the end.......
Kashyap's first win against Yun Hu.......

Next up against the 3rd seed.....
Kashyap lost the only match they've played against each other so far......

[QF] (13) Parupalli Kashyap (IND,17) d. (3) Du Pengyu (CHN,3)

[suresh]

Prashanth has Kashyap beating Du Pengyu! Is that a prediction?

[Omkara]

wow... great result from Kashyap. Hoping for a surprise win from Sindhu...

[ankit1407]

wow... great result from Kashyap. Hoping for a surprise win from Sindhu...

well its a reality now

[R3] (10)P V Sindhu(IND,12) d Yihan Wang(CHN,2) 21-18,23-21

[Saniapower]

Awesome

[jayakris]

Awe-friggn-some, of course!

Sindhu just did something that Saina could never do in so many attempts. Amazing. This has been such a good tournament for us. It's fair to say that badminton is one sport where we indeed have come up some notches in the past decade.