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World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:12 am
by sameerph
World Badminton championships begins tomorrow in Glasgow. We have biggest ever contingent playing this time in the world championships.

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

Mens Singles

[R1] (8) Srikanth Kidambi (IND,8) vs. Sergey Sirant (RUS,71)
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,29) vs Pablo Abian (ESP,37)
[R1] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,17) vs Luka Wraber (AUT,114)
[R1] (15) Sai Praneeth (IND,19) vs Wei Nan (HKG,44)

Womens Singles

[R1] (4) PV Sindhu (IND) bye
[R1] Rituparna Das (IND, 46) vs Airi Mikkela (FIN,54)
[R1] Tanvi Lad (IND,93) vs Chloe Birch (ENG,86)
[R1] (12) Saina Nehwal (IND) bye

Mens Doubles

[R1] Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy (IND,31) vs Chung Eui Seok/Kim Dukyoung (KOR,55)
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (IND,38) vs Hiroyuki Endo/Yuta Watanabe (JPN,28)
[R1] Arjun MR/Shlok Ramchandran (IND,42) vs Liao Min Chun/Cheng Heng Su (TPE,35)

Womens Doubles

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa/Sikki Reddy (IND,25) vs Ririn Amelia/Anna Ching Yik Cheong (INA,51)
[R1] Meghana Jakkampudi/Poorvisha S Ram (IND,42) vs Eefje Muskens/Selena Piek (NED,62)

Mixed doubles

[R1] (15) Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Sikki Reddy bye
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa/Sumeeth Reddy (IND,56) vs Sawan Serasinghe/Setyana Mapasa (AUS,38)
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/K Maneesha (IND,77) vs Tam Chun Hei/NG Tsz Yau (HKG,51)
[R1] Prajakta Sawant/Yogendran Khrishnan (IND,43) vs Lu Ching Yao/Chiang Kai Hsin (TPE,26)

Most of the first round matches look winnable except doubles.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:17 am
by sameerph
This is a nice review of the singles events -

World Preview singles
ndia’s Saina Nehwal is the women’s seed for whom the draw has done the most favours because ahead are adversaries she has a good record over, beginning with second-seeded Korean Sung Ji Hyun (pictured). If good records prevail as the order of the week in the bottom draw, all the stylistically troublesome opponents for Nehwal are removed by opponents she finds manageable. On the other hand, reigning World and Olympic champion Carolina Marin receives the opposite luck and gets to be tired out by Sayaka Sato and no matter which lady becomes the victor it only helps Nozomi Okuhara’s cause in their tussle at the quarters. Going through, Okuhara has lesser odds against Nehwal for a possible semi.

Due to rejuvenation post-surgery, 27-year-old Nehwal, runner-up at the previous World Championship, is currently neither at her fullest nor worst form. Yet, she undoubtedly harbours a more intense offensive, greater reach on shuttles, and no reduction in strong will on court than during her early twenties when she was more feted and earned Olympic bronze in Beijing. In short, she would beat her younger optimum self and this accumulated wisdom, combined with an ideal draw, may well usher her all the way in the tournament despite lack of fanfare lately.
Srikanth Kidambi (pictured), the hottest player of 2017 (as well as 2014) with the luckiest seed number, 8 (luckiest in Chinese culture at least), could be the alternative facing Lin at the semis. This scenario is less preferable for Lin’s fortunes but makes for gripping drama as Srikanth proceeding further and further offers intriguing contrasts at each turn.

Will twenty-year-old Anders Antonsen do Lin and Son a favour and take care of Srikanth? Denmark’s third highest ranked has the toughest draw for a top half seed. It’s possible. 2017’s upstart is due to collide with 2014’s upstart in Round 3 for a first time encounter. Srikanth facing Son, in another exhibition of polar opposite attacking styles, would make it their third high profile encounter this year and the outcome is not a given despite the Indian having won on both previous occasions. Not only has it required securing the rubbers but necessarily warming to full heat on the day for Srikanth to beat a standard Son.

Depending on what you appreciate from following badminton, a step beyond pits together men with a nine-year age gap and gets the older superhero to either reprove his contemporary relevance or there’s witnessing the wonderment and nitty-gritty of how the technique of a legend must continually mature to get the job done.
Interestingly, it talks a lot about Saina and Srikanth but not much about Sindhu who 2 time medialist at WC as well as olympic medalist.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:44 pm
by sameerph
Good start for us so far on day 1 with 4 out of 4 wins.

[R1] (8) Srikanth Kidambi (IND,8) d. Sergey Sirant (RUS,71) 21-13 21-12

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa/Sumeeth Reddy (IND,56) d. Sawan Serasinghe/Setyana Mapasa (AUS,38) Walkover
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/K Maneesha (IND,77) d. Tam Chun Hei/NG Tsz Yau (HKG,51) 24-22 21-17
[R1] Prajakta Sawant/Yogendran Khrishnan (IND,43) d. Lu Ching Yao/Chiang Kai Hsin (TPE,26) 21-15 13-21 21-18

5 more matches still to come today.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 3:01 pm
by jaydeep
Yes, really good start for our MXD pairs.

[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Lucas Corvee (FRA,63)

[R2] (12) Saina Nehwal (IND,16) vs Sabrina Jaquet (SUI,36)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Maneesha K (IND) vs (14) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Sara Thygesen (DEN)
[R2] (15) Pranaav Jerry Chopra (ND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs Yogendran Khrishnan (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND)
[R2] B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (13) Yilyu Wang (CHN)/ Dongping Huang (CHN)

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:29 pm
by sameerph
sameerph wrote: Mon Aug 21, 2017 2:44 pm 5 more matches still to come today.
And we finished winners in 4 out of those 5 matches with a overall record of 8 out of 9 wins today. :D

[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,29) d. Pablo Abian (ESP,37) 21-8 17-4 Retired

[R1] Rituparna Das (IND, 46) d. Airi Mikkela (FIN,54) 2-0 Retired
[R1] Tanvi Lad (IND,93) d. Chloe Birch (ENG,86) 17-21 21-10 21-19

[R1] Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy (IND,31) l. Chung Eui Seok/Kim Dukyoung (KOR,55) 20-22 11-21

[R1] Sanjana Santosh / Arathi Sara Sunil (IND,39) d. Natalya Voyteskh / Yelyzaveta Zarka (UKR,104) 21-15 21-18

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:21 pm
by sameerph
Today, our 2 mixed doubles pairs lost against seeded opponents .

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Maneesha K (IND) l. (14) Mathias Christiansen (DEN)/ Sara Thygesen (DEN) 20-22 18-21
[R2] (15) Pranaav Jerry Chopra (ND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) d. Yogendran Khrishnan (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) 21-12 21-19
[R2] B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l. (13) Yilyu Wang (CHN)/ Dongping Huang (CHN) 17-21 21-18 5-21

Very good fight by young pair of Satwik and Maneesha against a seeded pair.

Sai Praneeth keeps up our winning record in singles.

[R1] (15) Sai Praneeth (IND,19) d. Wei Nan (HKG,44) 21-18 21-17

6 more matches still to come today. Sindhu's second round match 42nd ranked Korean is going to be interesting. Sindhu had lost to her in last match in 2016.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:30 pm
by suresh
Our doubles teams are getting better. Long ways to go but things are going the right way.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:36 pm
by sameerph
Our 100% record in singles is still intact with Sindhu and Ajay winning their matches in straight games.

[R1] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,17) d. Luka Wraber (AUT,114) 21-14 21-12

[R2] (4) PV Sindhu (IND,5) d. Kim Hyo Min (KOR,42) 21-16 21-14

Good start by Sindhu in a match which was expected to be tough for her .

One big upset in first round was Malysian second seed Lee Chong Wei getting beaten in 3 games by 31st ranked Frenchman Brice Leverdez.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:45 am
by sameerph
Our doubles pairs lost most of their matches yesterday.

[R1] N. Sikki Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) d. Ririn Amelia (INA)/ Anna Ching Yik Cheong (MAS) 21-15 21-13

[R1] Meghana Jakkampudi (IND)/ Poorvisha S Ram (IND) l. Eefje Muskens (NED)/ Selena Piek (NED) 21-13 16-21 8-21

[R1] Arjun M.R. (IND)/ Ramchandran Shlok (IND) l. Min Chun Liao (TPE)/ Heng Su Cheng (TPE) 14-21 21-19 14-21

[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l. Hiroyuki Endo (JPN)/ Yuta Watanabe (JPN) 8-21 12-21

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 4:50 am
by sameerph
And these are our second round match-ups for today.

Mens Singles

[R2] (15) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,26)
[R2] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,17) vs Mark Caljouw (NED,51)
[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Lucas Corvee (FRA,63)
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,29) vs (16) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,20)

Womens Singles

[R2] (12) Saina Nehwal (IND,16) vs Sabrina Jaquet (SUI,36)
[R2] Rituparna Das (IND,46) vs (16) Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,27)
[R2] Tanvi Lad (IND,93) vs (2) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,3)

Womens doubles

[R2] Sanjana Santosh (IND)/ Arathi Sara Sunil (IND) vs (14) Yixin Bao (CHN)/ Xiaohan Yu (CHN)
[R2] N. Sikki Reddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN)

Sindhu in womens singles and Pranav-Sikki in mixed doubles are already thru to the last 16.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 11:28 am
by sameerph
Our 100% singles record continues as of now as Saina easily win her second round match and Sai Praneeth stages a brilliant comeback in the third game to win from 12-18 down. :clap:

[R2] (12) Saina Nehwal (IND,16) d. Sabrina Jaquet (SUI,36) 21-11 21-12

[R2] (15) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) d. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (INA,26) 14-21 21-18 21-19

Others to come later today.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:21 pm
by sameerph
We had our first singles loss when Tanvi lost to third seed but Srikanth easily won his second round match.

[R2] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) d. Lucas Corvee (FRA,63) 21-9 21-17

[R2] Tanvi Lad (IND,93) l. (2) Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,3) 9-21 19-21

5 more matches to come today- 3 singles & 2 doubles.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:10 pm
by sameerph
Both our womens doubles lost but after a decent fight.

[R2] Sanjana Santosh / Arathi Sara Sunil (IND,39) l. (14) Yixin Bao / Xiaohan Yu (CHN,19) 14-21 15-21

[R2] N. Sikki Reddy / Ashwini Ponnappa (IND,25) l. (2) Kamilla Rytter Juhl (DEN)/ Christinna Pedersen (DEN,2) 22-24 21-17 15-21

Great fight by Ashwini and Sikki against world #2 pair. Ashwini-Sikki are getting better and better and will soon be a force to reckon with at top level.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 6:49 pm
by arjun2761
One more win but 2 losses as well in singles.

[R2] (13) Ajay Jayaram (IND,17) vs Mark Caljouw (NED,51) 21-13, 21-18
[R2] Sameer Verma (IND,29) vs (16) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,20) 20-22, 9-21

Womens Singles

[R2] Rituparna Das (IND,46) vs (16) Kirsty Gilmour (SCO,27) 16-21, 13-21

So our top 3 men and top 2 women are through to the PQF (R-16) of the world championships.

Re: World Badminton Championships, Glasgow,Scotland,(Aug 21-26)

Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2017 7:01 pm
by sameerph
Unfortunately our current #2 Prannoy is not there as his ranking shot up after the entries for WC were closed. Sameer Verma played instead and was disappointing in his loss against Rajiv Ouseph.