European series tournaments Oct/Nov. 2016

[sameerph]

Not such a good start for us yesterday in Denmark.

At YONEX Denmark Open Super Series Premier

[Q1] Purupalli Kashyap (IND,92) l. Raul Must (EST,47) 13-21,21-8,20-22

[R1] Pranav Chopra/ Sikky Reddy (IND,38) l. (5) Joachin Fischer Nelson / Christinna Pedersen (DEN,7) 15-21,14-21

Today,

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,20) vs. Boonsak Ponsana (THA,30)
[R1] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,36) vs. Tanongsak Saensonboonsuk (THA,18)
[R1] H.S. Prannoy (IND,32) vs. Wei Feng Chong (MAS,50)

[R1] (6) P.V. Sindhu (IND,8) vs. He Biangjio (CHN,11)

[R1] Manu Attri /Sumeeth Reddy (IND,21) vs. Kim Astrup/ Anders Skaruup (DEN,20)

[R1] Pranav Chopra/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs. (8) Li Junhui / Liu Yuchen (CHN,8)

Tough match for Sindhu on her return.

[sameerph]

Results so far -

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,20) d. Boonsak Ponsana (THA,30) 21-15 21-16
[R1] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,36) l. Tanongsak Saensonboonsuk (THA,18) 17-21 21-19 15-21
[R1] H.S. Prannoy (IND,32) d. Wei Feng Chong (MAS,50) 21-13 19-21 22-20

So, going completely as per ranking.

[sameerph]

Excellent win by Sindhu over the best playing Chinese at the moment.

[R1] (6) P.V. Sindhu (IND,8) d. He Biangjio (CHN,11) 21-14 21-19

Frankly after all the celebrations and all going around for a couple of month after Rio, I did not expect her to be ready for this tough match-up. But, she is right back at her best in her first match since return.

[prashanthm]

Excellent win for Sindhu.... This should be the quality of top level player's return from rehab... They should be at the top of their game from the word 'go'...

[VReddy]

Wow this is a huge upset from Sindhu! She has been 0-4 against Biangjio over the last year and a half. She had lost to her in the Swiss, Indian and the Singapore open events before the Olympics. Great turnaround!

[ssp]

When I saw the draw, I thought one win would be good!

[sameerph]

She has been 0-4 against Biangjio over the last year and a half. She had lost to her in the Swiss, Indian and the Singapore open events before the Olympics.

Not 0-4, it was 1-3 before yesterday. Sindhu did beat her in Malaysia open in April this year.

Today's matches -

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,20) vs. Shi Yuqui (CHN,25) - The Chinese beat Ajay in their only match last month

[R2] (6) P.V. Sindhu (IND,8) vs. Sakaya Sato (JPN,12) - first match

[R2] H.S. Prannoy (IND,32) vs. (1) Lee Chong Wei (MAS,1) - Lee won their only meeting in 2013

[indiansportsfan]

Why is it an upset? She was higher ranked, and frankly it is high time to lay the Chinese bogey to rest. The rest of the world is not afraid of the Chinese any more, and neither should we.

[VReddy]

Why is it an upset? She was higher ranked, and frankly it is high time to lay the Chinese bogey to rest. The rest of the world is not afraid of the Chinese any more, and neither should we.

Well I missed her win in the Malaysian open and had thought it was 0-4 recent record. I called it as an upset because its not just about the ranking but also about the matchup of both the players. BingJiao is very skillful and deceptive in her shots - type of player that Sindhu used to struggle against. Also she is just 19 and is one of the likely top-3 players to come within an year or two (similar to Sindhu hopefully).

[sameerph]

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,20) l. Shi Yuqui (CHN,25) 21-23 15-21

Sindhu's match is about start. Live on star sports 4.

[sameerph]

Sindhu lost the first game 13-21. She was up 12-8 and seemed to be in command. But, suddenly Sato raised her game and Sindhu dropped hers and she lost 13 out of next 14 points.

[sameerph]

Sindhu saves 2 match points and wins the second game 23-21. She seemed down and out at one stage but is still alive here.

[prashanthm]

[R2] H.S. Prannoy (IND,25) l. (1) Lee Chong Wei (MAS,5) 10-21 20-22

Prannoy lost to LCW, tamely in the first game, but ran him close in the second...

[prashanthm]

[R2] (6) P.V. Sindhu (IND,8) l. Sakaya Sato (JPN,12) 13-21 23-21 18-21

ouch, lost 3 points in a row from 18-18 in the decider......

[sameerph]

Our players will be back in action from tomorrow.

At French Open Super Series

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,23) vs. Anthony Ginting (INA,40) - Head to head 1-0 to Ginting
[R1] H.S.Prannoy (IND,32) vs. Boonsak Ponsana (THA,29) - Head to head 1-0 to Prannoy
[R1] B. Sai Praneeth (IND,34) vs. Lee Hyun II (KOR,22) - Head to head 1-1

[R1] (6) P.V. Sindhu (IND,8) vs. Yup Pui Yin (HKG,34) - Head to head 1-0 to Sindhu