Asian series tournaments - Nov. Dec 15 (China,HK,Macau, Indonesia)

[prasen9]

Everyone will die.

[ankit1407]

Saina moves to SF with a straight games win 21-16,21-13...time for some Chinese now...

[suresh]

Everyone will die.

Words of wisdom.

[ssp]

Tolamu » Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:20 am
Saniapower wrote:
Saina will lose
Saniapower, you are a perpetual pessimist.

How dare anyone take away my mantle of perpetual pessimist

[suresh]

[SF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND) vs (7) Yihan Wang (CHN)

[sameerph]

So, it is Saina vs. China again after some time . Three Chinese - Yihan Wang, Li Xurei and Shixian Wang. Saina somewhat corrected her losing record against Yihan Wang in the world championships. I hope she continues that tomorrow.

[sameerph]

Saina wins the first game 21-13.

Finish it in 2, Saina.

[sameerph]

Ans she did it.

[SF] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) d. (7) Yihan Wang (CHN,8) 21-13 21-18

Third win for Saina this year against Yihan Wang who had beaten her 9 out of 10 times before that. This must be really sweet for Saina.

But, another tough Chinese awaits in the final.

[F] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs. (6) LI Xuerui (CHN,7)

Li is 9-2 against Saina so far and Saina's last win against her came back in 2012. So, will need a big effort from Saina to defend her title here.

[prasen9]

Everyone will die.

Words of wisdom.

Well I just learned from Saniapower who said that Saina will lose. Everyone will lose at some time or the other. And, eventually, we will all die. And the earth will disintegrate ...

[suresh]

Saina will lose

[F] (6) LI Xuerui (China) b (1) Saina NEHWAL 21-12 21-15 (39 minutes)

Li Xuerui will lose.

[Saniapower]

No competition. No fight. Just walk in the park.

[sameerph]

Saina has pulled out of the Hongkong super series this week due to injury.

So, these are our match-ups this week.

At Yonex-Sunrise Hongkong open

[R1] (6) K. Srikanth (IND,5) vs. TIAN Houwei (CHN,10) - Sri is 0-4 in head to head
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) vs. (1) Chen Long (CHN,1) - Ajay is 0-3 in head to head
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,21) vs. Kento Nishimoto (JPN,59) - No previous matches

[R1] PV. Sindhu (IND,13) vs. (1) Carolina Marin (ESP,1) - Sindhu is 2-3 in head to head

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND) / Ashwini Ponnappa (IND,11) vs. (8) Jung Kyun Eun (KOR) / Shin Seung Chan (KOR,8)

Very tough draws for our players except Prannoy.

[sameerph]

At Yonex-Sunrise Hongkong open

[R1] (6) K. Srikanth (IND,5) l. TIAN Houwei (CHN,10) 16-21 21-15 22-24

These are the kind of losses that Srikanth is having this year. Coming close but not able to get across the line. It looks like he is not playing badly but needs a couple of these close wins to get back his confidence.

Other matches to come. All quite tough and hope we get at least 1 win in the day.

[sameerph]

Everyone lost in first round.

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) l. (1) Chen Long (CHN,1) 17-21 12-21
[R1] H. S. Prannoy (IND,21) l. Kento Nishimoto (JPN,59) 15-21 21-18 6-21

[R1] PV. Sindhu (IND,13) l. (1) Carolina Marin (ESP,1) 17-21 9-21

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND) / Ashwini Ponnappa (IND,11) l. (8) Jung Kyun Eun (KOR) / Shin Seung Chan (KOR,8) 12-21 15-21

[sameerph]

This week our players are playing in Macau Grand prix gold and the top seed Srikanth suffered a loss in first round itself . Other Indian men went thru their first round matches.

At Macau Open Grand Prix gold

[R1] (1) K. Srikanth (IND,7) l. Christie JONATAN (INA,40) 16-21 21-23
[R1] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) d. Fikri Ihsandi HADMADI (INA,147) 21-18 23-21
[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) d. Sukamta EVERT (INA,179) 21-15 16-21 21-18
[R1] (9) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,24) d. TAM Chun Hei (HKG,394) 21-6 25-23

Next,

[R2] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) vs. Artyom SAVATYUGIN (UZB,205)
[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) vs. LIN Chia Hsuan (TPE,299)
[R1] (9) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,24) vs. LIN Guipu (CHN,149)

[R1] P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs. KIM Hyo Min (KOR,25)

[R1] (2) Jwala GUTTA / Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND,12) vs. Yuki FUKUSHIMA / Sayaka HIROTA (JPN,37)

These should be easy matches for everyone except Sindhu but with their current form one never knows.