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

[sameerph]

Ajay and Jwala-Ashwini lost to lower ranked opponents.

At Macau Open Grand Prix gold

[R2] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) d. Artyom SAVATYUGIN (UZB,205) 21-11 21-8
[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) d. LIN Chia Hsuan (TPE,299) 21-19 21-15
[R1] (9) Ajay JAYARAM (IND,24) l. LIN Guipu (CHN,149) 11-21 17-21

[R1](5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) d. KIM Hyo Min (KOR,25)

[R1] (2) Jwala GUTTA / Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND,12) l. Yuki FUKUSHIMA / Sayaka HIROTA (JPN,37) 16-21 15-21

Next,

[PQF] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) vs. Andre Kurniawan TEDJONO (INA,64)
[PQF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) vs. QIAO Bin (CHN,81)

[PQF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs. Lindaweni FANETRI (INA,26)

These Chinese and Indonesian (even the lower ranked ones) are always tough. So, these are tough matches for our players.

[jaydeep]

Andre Kurniawan Tedjono is very experience player and also former top 20 player.

[sameerph]

Yes, that is a difficult match for Praneeth.

In the meantime, Sindhu won a difficult match against WC semi finalist Fanetri to move to the QF.

[PQF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) d. Lindaweni FANETRI (INA,26) 21-17 21-18

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Praneeth comes thru a convincing win against a difficult player.

[PQF] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) d. Andre Kurniawan TEDJONO (INA,64) 21-15 21-6

Prannoy's match is the last match of the day in the evening.

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And Prannoy also come thru in a tough 3 setter.

[PQF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) d. QIAO Bin (CHN,81) 12-21 21-11 21-19

So, all 3 Indians won today.

At Macau Open Grand Prix gold

[QF] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) vs.GOH Soon Huat (MAS,82)

[QF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) vs. Ihsan Maulana MUSTOFA (INA,40)

[QF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs. CHEN Yufei (CHN,91)

[sameerph]

Praneeth lost our first match of the day.

[QF] (15) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) l.GOH Soon Huat (MAS,82) 16-21 23-21 12-21

Sindhu and Prannoy still to come and I hope one or both of them win their matches.

[sameerph]

Prannoy too lost in 3 games but Sindhu won thru to SF.

At Macau Open Grand Prix gold

[QF] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,19) l. Ihsan Maulana MUSTOFA (INA,40)

[QF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) d. CHEN Yufei (CHN,91) 21-13 18-21 21-14

Next,

[SF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs. Akane YAMAGUCHI (JPN,10)

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And Sindhu is in final.

At Macau Open Grand Prix gold

[SF] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) d. Akane YAMAGUCHI (JPN,10) 21-8 15-21 21-16

Her final opponent will be determined later today.

[sameerph]

Sindhu plays another Japanese in the final.

At Macau Open Grand Prix gold

[F] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs. (6) Minatsu MITANI (JPN,18)

[Tolamu]

CHAMPION!
A Hattrick!

At Macau Open Grand Prix gold

[F] (5) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) bt. (6) Minatsu MITANI (JPN,18) 21-9 21-23 21-14

[sameerph]

Impressive performance by Sindhu beating the 2 Japanese players who have given a lot of trouble to Saina in the recent past in SF and F.

Now, she will play Indonesia GPG this week along with Srikanth, Prannoy and Guru in mens singles.

[jaydeep]

Srikanth need to take break for working on his fitness, overall game and mental aspect of game.

[sameerph]

We had a perfect start to the Indonesian grand prix gold.

At Yonex Sunrise Indonesian Masters 2015 (Grand prix gold)

[R1] (1) K. Srikanth (IND,8) d. Wibowo SETYALDI PUTRA (INA,318) 21-6 21-12
[R1] (3) H. S. Prannoy (IND,20) d. Panji Ahmad MAULANA (INA,501) 21-16 21-16
[R1] (8) R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,42) d. Muhammad Ahdial Octa KHAIRULLOH (INA,904) 21-10 21-3

[R1] (1) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) d. Gregoria MARISKA (INA,110) 21-16 19-21 21-12

Next,

[R2] (1) K. Srikanth (IND,8) vs. Saputra VICKY ANGGA (INA,402)
[R1] (3) H. S. Prannoy (IND,20) vs. SHI Yuqin (CHN,121)
[R1] (8) R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,42) vs. Kean Yew LOH (SIN,154)

[R1] (1) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs. Wulan Cahya Utami SUKOPUTRI (INA,NR)

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At Yonex Sunrise Indonesian Masters 2015 (Grand prix gold)

[R2] (1) K. Srikanth (IND,8) d. Saputra VICKY ANGGA (INA,402) 21-14 17-21 25-23
[R2] (3) H. S. Prannoy (IND,20) l. SHI Yuqin (CHN,121) 12-21 22-20 13-21
[R2] (8) R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,42) d. Kean Yew LOH (SIN,154) 21-19 19-21 21-15

[R2] (1) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) d. Wulan Cahya Utami SUKOPUTRI (INA,NR) 21-12 21-9

Our men continue to struggle. Srikanth barely managed to scrap thru against a player ranked outside top 400 while Prannoy lost against lowly ranked Chinese player and Guru won in 3 games.

Sindhu has already reached the QF. Srikanth and Guru play their PQF matches later today.

[R3] (1) K. Srikanth (IND,8) vs. QIAO Bin (CHN,64)

[R3] (8) R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,42) vs. (12) Iskandar Zulkarnain ZAINUDDIN (MAS,53)

Considering their current form these won't be easy matches.

[sameerph]

At Yonex Sunrise Indonesian Masters 2015 (Grand prix gold)

[R3] (1) K. Srikanth (IND,8) d. QIAO Bin (CHN,64) 21-12 21-15

[R3] (8) R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,42) l. (12) Iskandar Zulkarnain ZAINUDDIN (MAS,53) 14-21 21-17 15-21

So, a decent win for Srikanth after a while.

Next,

[QF] (1) K. Srikanth (IND,8) vs. (15) Teck Zhi SOO (MAS,65)

[QF] (1) P.V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs. HE Bingjiao (CHN,67)