Australian open SS/ Indonesian open SSP - May,June 2015

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Saina lost in straight games.

[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,1) l. (5) WANG Shixian (CHN,6) 15-21 13-21

End of Indian challenger at this Australian open super series.

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Indonesian super series started today and these are results for our players today.

[R1] PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,12) d. Tanongsak SAENSOMBOONSUK (THA,17) 21-17 21-7
[R1] P. V. Sindhu (IND,14) l. HSU Ya Ching (TPE,26) 21-16 15-21 14-21
[R1] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,1) d. Nichaon JINDAPON (THA,27)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA /Akshay DEWALKAR (IND) d. Adrian LIU / Derrick NG (CAN) 21-17 22-20
[R1] Manu ATTRI / B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) l. (4) LEE Sheng Mu / TSAI Chia Hsin (TPE) 21-17 22-20
[R1] (4) K. Srikanth (IND,4) d. Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (DEN,15) 11-21 21-14 24-22
[R1] Jwala GUTTA / Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) d. HSU Ya Ching /PAI Yu Po (TPE) 21-17 19-21 21-11

Bad loss for Sindhu.She still seems to be having fitness issues as she is fading out after winning the first game. Hard fought win for Srikanth.

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Next,

[R2] PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,12) vs. SON Wan Ho (KOR,5)
[R2] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,1) vs. HSU Ya Ching (TPE,26)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA /Akshay DEWALKAR (IND) vs. (5) CHAI Biao /HONG Wei (CHN)
[R2] (4) K. Srikanth (IND,4) vs. (Q) Ginting ANTHONY (INA,167)
[R2] Jwala GUTTA / Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs. (7) YU Yang / ZHONG Qianxin (CHN)

[Sin Hombre]

[R1] K. Srikanth (IND,4) d. Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,14) 14-21 21-8 22-20

[R1] (4) K. Srikanth (IND,4) d. Hans-Kristian VITTINGHUS (DEN,15) 11-21 21-14 24-22

This morning when I saw these scores on my phone on my way to work, I was actually confused and thought you pasted the scores from last week accidentally since you also talked about a hard-fought win then as well.

[sameerph]

Yes, the scoreline was so similar and co-incidentally my comments were also the same.

Good start for us today as Kashyap got the better the of higher ranked Korean.

[R2] PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,12) d. SON Wan Ho (KOR,5) 21-11 21-14

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Bad loss for Srikanth against a local teenager.

[R2] (4) K. Srikanth (IND,4) l. (Q) Ginting ANTHONY (INA,167) 21-14 20-22 13-21

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Saina managed to get thru easily against the player who beat Sindhu easily.

[R2] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,1) d. HSU Ya Ching (TPE,26) 21-13 21-15

But, no easy matches next up -

[QF] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,1) vs. (5) WANG Shixian (CHN,7)

[QF] PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,12) vs. (1) CHEN Long (CHN,1)

Saina again the plays the player who beat her last week and Kashyap plays the world no. 1 and both Chinese.

[sameerph]

Kashyap tied 1 game all, 14-21 21-17 against world no.1 Chen Long. Can he put it across in the third game ?

[sameerph]

Kashyap is 12-5 in the third game.Come on, finish the job.

14-5 now.

14-8 Chen Long closing the gap.

15-9

17-9, 4 more points needed.

18-12 Chen Long again closing the gap.

19-13, 2 more please.

20-14, 6 match points.

And he does it.

Excellent comeback win over world no. 1.

[QF] PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,12) d. (1) CHEN Long (CHN,1) 14-21 21-17 21-14

Kashyap's first win over Chen Long after he did not even win a game in previous 7 attempts against him.

[ankit1407]

Wow, am somone who did not give him any chance of a win today....thanks for proving me wrong Kashyap..Go get the title now...

[gbelday]

Amazing Kashyap! Hopefully that win inspires Saina!

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Saina wins the first game 21-16.

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But, she got outplayed in the second game 12-21.

Needs a big effort in the third game.

[sameerph]

And she lost in the third 18-21 after leading 15-10 .

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[QF] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,1) l. (5) WANG Shixian (CHN,7) 21-16 12-21 18-21


Disappointing to see Saina lose to the same Chinese player (against whom she had a positive record before) second week in a row.

Next,

[SF] PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,12) vs. (8) Kento MOMOTA (JPN,9)

Kashyap has lost the only match which he has played against Momota in 2013. He needs to overcome the excitement of beating the world no. 1 and concentrate on winning the next 2 matches.