Malyasia Open SSP/ Singapors open SS/ China Masters GPG - April 16

[Sandeep]

The day at Singapore Open ended on a good note. Pranav Chopra/Akshay Dewalkar won 21-17, 16-21, 22-20 against Liu Cheng/Li Kai of China. Good win

Our players notched up 3 wins today

[Sandeep]

PV Sindhu lost 21-11, 14-21, 14-21 to Bingjiao. Disappointing. Pranav Jerry Chopra and Akshay Dewalkar also lost men's doubles in the morning. We only have one representation left now, Pranav/Sikki Reddy will pay against the 4th seeds tonight. Tough match

[Sandeep]

Pranav/Sikki lost 15-21, 19-21. Indian campaign in Singapore ends with this

[sameerph]

That Thai girl Ratchanok Intanon has won 3 back to back super series titles and will become the new world no. 1 in next week's rankings. She is probably the favourite for the gold at Rio now.

[Sandeep]

Oh yes, she is an amazing player. I have posted in 2011 that she will dominate badminton and probably will end up becoming the greatest female badminton player. viewtopic.php?f=8246&t=211947&p=4296754 ... n#p4296754

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[sameerph]

China GPG started today .

Bonny China Masters

[R1] (3) KIDAMBI Srikanth (IND,13) l. LIN Yu Hsien (TPE,118) 12-21 17-21

[R1] (7) H. S. Prannoy (IND,23) d. Joo Ven SOONG (MAS,78) 19-21 21-14 21-18

Srikanth continues his bad form with a loss against player ranked below top 100.

[arjun2761]

Srikanth's form almost seems to be getting worse as this is his worst loss of the year against a 100+ opponent in 2 uncompetitive games. I wonder if he isn't fully fit but is playing for Olympic qualification points. Hopefully, Prannoy has a deep run here although his win was also pretty close...

[suresh]

Srikanth is in free fall! Is he carrying an injury?

[Tolamu]

Easier passage for Prannoy to R3 beating Huang Yuxiang of China 21-13 21-11 in R2.
PV Sindhu also entered R2 beating Natsuki Nidaira of Japan 21-16 21-12.

[Sandeep]

Pranav Jerry/Akshay Dewalkar lost to the seventh seeds 17-21, 12-21 in the men's doubles.

We have Pranoy in Men's singles, Sindhu in women's singles and Jwala/Ponnappa in women's doubles playing today.

[Sandeep]

Pranoy bt Daren Liew 21-10, 21-15

Jwala/Ponnappa bt Hsieh Pei Chen/Wu Ti Jung 21-12, 21-12

Two solid wins. Nice

[Tolamu]

In QF, Prannoy faces world no. 1 Chen Long.

[Sandeep]

Pv Sindhu won 21-9 and 21-17 against Chien Hui Yu. Nice easy win. She will next face Porntip Buranaprasertsuk in the QF. The last time they met in All England Open, Porntip triumphed

[Tolamu]

Sindhu lost 17-21 19-21.

[Sandeep]

Lost all three matches today. Pathetic! Sindhu shouldn't be losing these matches

Pannoy l Chen Long 10-21, 15-21

Gutta Jwala/Ashwini Ponnappa l Luo Ying/Luo Yu 11-21, 14-21

PV Sindhu l Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 17-21, 19-21

Both Prannoy and Jwala/Ashwini drew top seeds and was always going to be tough but Sindhu's is an utter disappointment