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BWF has renamed all the tournament series and the super series events are not called Super 500 while Super series premier are called super 1000 and so on.

Last week super 300 tournament was held in Thailand where there was not much Indian participation.

This week super 500 tournament is being held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

These are the Indian results yesterday -

[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,30) l. Kazumasa SAKAI (JPN,21) 16-21 21-12 10-21
[R1] PARUPALLI Kashyap (IND,55) l. Wei Feng CHONG (MAS,46) 18-21 18-21

[R1] Saina NEHWAL (IND,10) d. (7) CHEN Yufei (CHN,8) 22-24 21-15 21-14
[R1] (2) PUSARLA V. Sindhu (IND,3) d. Hanna RAMADINI (INA,33) 21-13 21-10

[R1] Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY / Chirag SHETTY (IND,32) d. Yuki KANEKO / Takuto INOUE (JPN) 21-15 21-17
[R1] Manu ATTRI / REDDY B. Sumeeth (IND,33) l. YANG Po Han / LU Ching Yao (TPE,12) 18-21 21-16 16-21

Excellent upset wins by Saina and Satwik-Chirag.

Today Satwik-Chirag started with another nice win to move to the QF. Saina and Sindhu to play later.

[R2] Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY / Chirag SHETTY (IND,32) d.LIAO Min Chun / SU Ching Heng (TPE,19) 21-17 21-16

[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND,10) vs. CHEN Xiaoxin (CHN,21)

[R2] (2) PUSARLA V. Sindhu (IND,3) vs. GOH Jin Wei (MAS,43)

Both Saina and Sindhu won and will face each other in QF.

Yes, good wins by both.

[R2] Saina NEHWAL (IND,10) d. CHEN Xiaoxin (CHN,21) 21-12 21-18

[R2] (2) PUSARLA V. Sindhu (IND,3) d. GOH Jin Wei (MAS,43) 21-12 21-9

Next,

[QF] Saina NEHWAL (IND,10) vs. (2) PUSARLA V. Sindhu (IND,3)

[QF] Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY / Chirag SHETTY (IND,32) vs. (4) Mads CONRAD-PETERSEN / Mads Pieler KOLDING (DEN,6)

This is the pair which Satwik and Chirag had beaten in the French open in October. Hope they can repeat that result.

Saina defeated Sindhu in the straight games for entering into the semis ... In the semis, she will faced WR #4 Thai girl, Ratchanok Intanon.
Satwik-Chirag r in the semis with hard fought win over an experienced WR #6 Danish pair in three games ... In closely fought first game, they needed four game points for winning it ... In the second game, Danish pair took a control from the start for winning it comfortably ... In the final game, Danish pair opened 3 points advantage after 8-all ... Satwik-Chirag fought back from 12-16 to win next 5 points and from 19-all, they won next two points for a fighting win ... In the semis, they r facing local favorite and WR #1 Gideon and Sukamuljo.

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt (2) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,3) 21-13 21-19

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt (4) Mads Conrad-Petersen (DEN)/ Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN) 23-21 15-21 21-19

[SF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (4) Ratchanok Intanon (THA,4)

[SF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (1) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)

And Saina takes out Intanon as well!!

21-19 and 21-19 ...Take a bow ..Champion never dies...She is back well and truely ...Big test in the final to win major after 2 years ..

By the way, this tournament is not a major. As per the new BWF classification this is a 500 event that would be equivalent of the earlier Grand Prix Gold.

rajitghosh wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:46 am By the way, this tournament is not a major. As per the new BWF classification this is a 500 event that would be equivalent of the earlier Grand Prix Gold.

Not really, $350K prize money means this is equivalent to previous Superseries tournament, though not Superseries premier.

Indonesian WR #1 pair proved a too strong for our young Satwik and Chirag, but still really good tournament for them.

At $350K DAIHATSU Indonesia Masters 2018, Jakarta (BWF World Tour Super 500)

[SF] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) bt (4) Ratchanok Intanon (THA,4) 21-19 21-19

[SF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (1) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA) 14-21 11-21

In the final, Saina is facing in-form WR #1 Tai Tzu-ying.

[F] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs (1) Tai Tzu-ying (TPE,1)

Saina loses in straight sets. Nevertheless , it has been a great tournament for her and she should re-enter the top 10.

[F] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) l (1) Tai Tzu-ying (TPE,1) 9-21 13-21 (27 min)

Saina has always struggled against TTY, must be on a 5+ match losing streak.

Yes, Saina is on a 7 match losing streak against Tai. But, Tai seems to be playing at a different level than the others on womens side as of now and is a clear #1. Overall, a very good week for Saina after a long time which should take her to top 10.

And also best week of their career for Satwik-Chirag.

Now, on to India Super 500 this week. Hope for more success in mens singles as our top players like Shrikanth and Prannoy should return there.