BWF World Championships,Jakarta,Aug 10-16

[sameerph]

The world championships begin tomorrow in Jakarta and we have our biggest contingent ever at the world championships this time.

These are the first round match-ups for our players -

[R1] (10) PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND) vs. Erik MEIJS (NED)
[R1] (11) H. S. PRANNOY (IND) vs. Alex Yuwan TJONG (BRA)
[R1] (3) Srikanth KIDAMBI (IND) vs. Michael FARIMAN (AUS)

[R1] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND) bye
[R1] (11) P. V. Sindhu (IND) bye

[R1] Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA (IND) / Akshay DEWALKAR (IND) vs. Nikita KHAKIMOV (RUS) / Vasily KUZNETSOV (RUS)
[R1] Manu ATTRI (IND) / Sumeeth B. REDDY (IND) vs. CAI Yun (CHN) / LU Kai (CHN)

[R1] (13) Jwala GUTTA (IND) / Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) bye
[R1] Pradnya GADRE (IND) / Sikki N. REDDY (IND) vs. Isabel HERTTRICH (GER) / Birgit MICHELS (GER)
[R1] Mohita SAHDEV (IND) / Dhanya NAIR (IND) vs. Delphine LANSAC (FRA) / Emilie LEFEL (FRA)

[R1] Tarun KONA (IND) / Sikki N. REDDY (IND) vs. LIAO Min Chun (TPE) / CHEN Hsiao Huan (TPE)
[R1] Arun VISHNU (IND) / Aparna BALAN (IND) vs. Evgenij DREMIN (RUS) / Evgenia DIMOVA (RUS)

[sameerph]

And these are coach Gopichand's views on Indians chances -

Shuttlers Ready to Raise Bar at World Championship, Feels Gopichand

[prashanthm]

[R1] (10) PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,10) d. Erik MEIJS (NED,81) 21-17 21-10
[R1] (11) H. S. PRANNOY (IND,12) d. Alex Yuwan TJONG (BRA,109) 21-12 21-16

Decent wins for both Kashyap and Prannoy, albeit against lower ranked opponents.....

[R1] Tarun KONA / Sikki N. REDDY (IND,53) l. LIAO Min Chun / CHEN Hsiao Huan (TPE,48) 13-21 17-21
[R1] Arun VISHNU / Aparna BALAN (IND,76) l. Evgenij DREMIN / Evgenia DIMOVA (RUS,34) 18-21 21-10 22-24

Tough loss for Arun/Aparna losing 22-24 in the decider, but dad loss for Tarun/Sikki against similarly ranked opponents....

[suresh]

Good to see several doubles teams in the men/women/mixed events. Not that I expect them to go deep but this will set the ground for that in the future.

[sameerph]

And although 2 of the mixed doubles teams lost in first round , 2 of out teams in mens/ womens doubles won thru to the second round today.


[R1] Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA (IND) / Akshay DEWALKAR (IND,32) d. Nikita KHAKIMOV (RUS) / Vasily KUZNETSOV (RUS,109) 16-21 21-15 21-14

[R1] Pradnya GADRE (IND) / Sikki N. REDDY (IND,36) d. Isabel HERTTRICH (GER) / Birgit MICHELS (GER,31) 17-21 21-11 21-11

[sameerph]

Srikanth and Sindhu won their matches today but Sumit-Manu lost in the final.

[R1] (3) Srikanth KIDAMBI (IND) d. Michael FARIMAN (AUS) 21-10 21-13

[R2] (11) P. V. Sindhu (IND,13) d. Line KJAERSFELDT (DEN,35) 11-21 21-17 21-16

[R1] Manu ATTRI (IND) / Sumeeth B. REDDY (IND) l. CAI Yun (CHN) / LU Kai (CHN) 9-21 7-21

[R1] Mohita SAHDEV (IND) / Dhanya NAIR (IND) l. Delphine LANSAC (FRA) / Emilie LEFEL (FRA) 18-21 16-21

[sameerph]

These are tomorrow's matches for our players -

[R2] (10) PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,10) vs. NGUYEN Tien Minh (VIE,34)
[R2] (11) H. S. PRANNOY (IND,12) vs. Edwin EKIRING (UGA,137)
[R2] (3) Srikanth KIDAMBI (IND,3) vs. HSU Jen Hao (TPE,24)

[R2] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,2) vs. CHEUNG Ngan Yi (HKG,23)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA (IND) / Akshay DEWALKAR (IND,32) vs. (10) Mads CONRAD-PETERSEN (DEN) / Mads PIELER KOLDING (DEN,10)

[R2] (13) Jwala GUTTA (IND) / Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND,13) vs. HSIEH Pei Chen (TPE) / WU Ti Jung (TPE,45)
[R2] Pradnya GADRE (IND) / Sikki N. REDDY (IND,36) vs. (14) Shizuka MATSUO (JPN) / Mami NAITO (JPN,14)

Tricky match for Kahsyap against an opponent with whom he has a 4-4 record. Prannoy and Saina should win their matches. Doubles teams also having tough matches. Anyone other than Ashwini-Jwala winning will be an upset.

[arjun2761]

Tricky match for Kahsyap against an opponent with whom he has a 4-4 record. Prannoy and Saina should win their matches. Doubles teams also having tough matches. Anyone other than Ashwini-Jwala winning will be an upset.

Srikanth should also be expected to win although in his current form this might be a close match, so perhaps this could also be in the "tricky" category.

[prashanthm]

Bad loss for Kashyap after putting up a decent performance to win the first game.....

Tough fight by Pradnya/Sikki against the 14th seeded pair.....

Prannoy, Srikanth and Jwala/Ashwini are through.....

[R2] (10) PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,10) l. NGUYEN Tien Minh (VIE,34) 21-17 13-21 18-21

[R2] (11) H. S. PRANNOY (IND,12) d. Edwin EKIRING (UGA,137) 21-14 21-19

[R2] (3) Srikanth KIDAMBI (IND,3) d. HSU Jen Hao (TPE,24) 21-14 21-15


[R2] Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA / Akshay DEWALKAR (IND,32) l. (10) Mads CONRAD-PETERSEN / Mads PIELER KOLDING (DEN,10) 16-21 12-21


[R2] (13) Jwala GUTTA / Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND,13) d. HSIEH Pei Chen / WU Ti Jung (TPE,45) 21-10 21-18

[R2] Pradnya GADRE / Sikki N. REDDY (IND,36) l. (14) Shizuka MATSUO / Mami NAITO (JPN,14) 17-21 19-21


Saina's match is the last one for the day......

[jaydeep]

And she wins comfortably.

[R2] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,2) bt Ngan Yi CHEUNG (HKG,23) 21-13 21-9

[jaydeep]

Interesting third round matches for our players.

[R3] (11) H. S. PRANNOY (IND,12) vs Viktor AXELSEN (DEN,7)
[R3] (3) Srikanth KIDAMBI (IND,3) vs (13) Yun HU (CHN,15)

[R3] (11) P. V. Sindhu (IND,13) vs (3) Xuerui LI (CHN,3)
[R3] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,2) vs (14) Sayaka TAKAHASHI (JPN,17)

[R3] (13) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND) vs (8) Reika KAKIIWA (JPN)/ Miyuki MAEDA (JPN)

[sameerph]

All matches are tough as you would expect at this stage of world championships.

Prannoy and Sindhu have come back from injuries and still do not appear to be fully match fit to compete against top class players. So, I am not expecting them to win against their tough opponents.

Doubles match could be quite a close for Jwala-Ashwini.

Both Saina and Srikanth are 3-0 and 2-0 respectively against their opponents but most of their matches have close. Srikanth's form is also a bit iffy.

Overall, if we get 3 out of 5 thru to the QF's tomorrow, I will be happy.

[sameerph]

Watching Sindhu play against Li Xurei.

Sindhu leads 11-4 in first game. She is looking good here I did not watch her earlier matches but commentators saying that movement is far better than earlier matches.

[sameerph]

Li is narrowing the gap and the lead is only 16-14 now.

But, Sindhu gets a clutch of points at a crucial stage to take first game 21-17.

[sameerph]

Li starts the second game strongly to lead 11-7 at halfway stage.

Li wins the second game 21-14.

On to the decider. Li clearly having upper hand now.