Indian Badminton Thread ...

[Sandeep]

Gurusai Dutt lost the third game 17-21 and with that the match. Disappointing result

Kashyap Parupalli is in action now

[Sandeep]

Parupalli Kashyap lost to Daren Liew 21-13, 13-21, 19-21

[Sandeep]

Kashyap won his first round while both Gurusai Dutt and Aditi Mutkakar lost their matches at the Chinese Taipei open!

Kashyap bt Chi Yuan Lu 21-16, 14-21, 21-14
Gurusaidutt l Yung Lun Chan 20-22, 19-21
Aditi Mutkakar l Seung Hee Bae 17-21, 19-21

Kashyap will next play Sony Dwi Kuncoro. Well, looks like his effort will end here. Sony is an amazing player, way too tough for Kashyap to beat.

[Sandeep]

Kashyap lost 17-21, 15-21 to Sony Dwi Kuncoro. 17 and 15 is not too bad, little improvement should help him match Kuncoro! With this loss, Indian challenge ends at the Taipei open.

[akmohanty]

The draw for the World Championships starting on August 23rd is out. Here's the link for the Women's draw.
http://internationalbadminton.org/file_ ... x?id=22847
saina is ranked 2nd and has a bye in the 1st round. Till the 4th round (QFs), i think she should coast through. From the QFs onwards, as one would expect, she could potentially face three 'Wangs' on the trot if she went all the way. Sounds a tough ask, let's hope she finds her way through the 'Wangs' with a bang.

[Sandeep]

Sovin Birla is participating in the California international junior badminton championships which will start from tomorrow. He is the lone Indian participation there. He seems to be a young player who recently moved to USA, as he is playing in the tournaments only in the USA with Indian flag.

He is participating in the U-13 Boy's singles, U-13 Boy's doubles and U-13 mixed doubles. His singles match is scheduled for tomorrow (13th) against Steven Yang of USA.

[akmohanty]

surprised to notice no updates here as the world championships in France have started today.

Results are as follows:
DIJU V [9] [IND] Jwala GUTTA [IND] bt [ENG] Chris ADCOCK [ENG] Gabrielle WHITE 21-6 14-21 21-8
Rupesh KUMAR [15] [IND] Sanave THOMAS [IND] bt [NGR] Ola FAGBEMI [NGR] Jinkan IFRAIMU 21-18 21-10
Eriko HIROSE [10] [JPN] bt [IND] Aditi MUTATKAR 21-12 21-16
Tanongsak SAENSOMBOONSUK [THA] bt [IND] KASHYAP P 14-21 21-14 21-16

In summary, wins in doubles and losses in singles. Aditi's loss was more or less predictable. However, Kashyap's loss comes as a a bit of a disappointment as he is in good form lately, even though he and his opponent are similarly ranked (26th and 29th, respectively).

[jaydeep]

Thanks mohanty for updates ... Saina received bye in the first round, next she is facing Taipei player ... Jwala and Ashwini also received walkover in the first round ... Today Chetan will play his first round match.

At Yonex BWF World Championships 2010, Paris, France

[R1] (14) Chetan Anand (IND,15) vs Yong Zhao Ashton Chen (SIN,107)

[R1] (16) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Samantha Barning (NED)/ Eefje Muskens (NED) walkover

[R2] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Hsiao Huan Chen (TPE,65)

[R2] (15) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Dorian Lance James (RSA)/ Willem Viljoen (RSA)
[R2] (16) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Marija Ulitina (UKR)/ Natalya Voytsekh (UKR)
[R2] (9) Diju V (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS)

[jaydeep]

From score it looks Chetan was rusty in the match, he was playing first tournament after coming out of injury.

At Yonex BWF World Championships 2010, Paris, France

[R1] (14) Chetan Anand (IND,15) l Yong Zhao Ashton Chen (SIN,107) 14-21 18-21

[jaydeep]

Diju and Jwala scored comfortable win over Malaysian pair and next they r facing unseeded Singaporean pair ... Rupesh and Sanave also moved in PQF with comfortable win, they r facing seeded Danish pair.

Edited - Jwala and Ashwini also had very easy outing against Ukrainian pair, next they r facing 6th seed Korean pair.

At Yonex BWF World Championships 2010, Paris, France

[R2] (15) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Dorian Lance James (RSA)/ Willem Viljoen (RSA) 21-14 21-16
[R2] (9) Diju V (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS) 21-19 21-8
[R2] (16) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Marija Ulitina (UKR)/ Natalya Voytsekh (UKR) 21-8 21-10

[PQF] (15) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (8) Lars Paaske (DEN)/ Jonas Rasmussen (DEN)
[PQF] (9) Diju V (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Chayut Triyachart (SIN)/ Lei Yao (SIN)
[PQF] (16) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (6) Jung Eun Ha (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR)

[jaydeep]

In first game after 9-all Saina kept couple of points lead over Chen ... But Chen saved couple of game points to make it 20-all and then win next two points to won first game ... In second game Saina was leading 12-8 before Chen made 12-all but after that Saina next 5 points to take control of the game and won it losing only 3 points after that ... In third game Sania played like champion taking control from the start ... She was 7-0 up when Chen won her first point of the game ... Saina kept pressure on Chen to won this game in 11 mins to moved into third round of World Championship.

At Yonex BWF World Championships 2010, Paris, France

[R2] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) bt Hsiao Huan Chen (TPE,65) 20-22 21-15 21-8

[R3] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs (13) Ella Diehl (RUS,16)

[prasen9]

So far so good. Keep going Saina and go long.

[jaydeep]

Diju and Jwala moved into quarterfinals of World Championships after hard fought comeback win over Singaporean pair ... Next they r facing 12th seed Korean pair who scored upset win over 5th seed Danish pair.

At Yonex BWF World Championships 2010, Paris, France

[PQF] (9) Diju V (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Chayut Triyachart (SIN)/ Lei Yao (SIN) 14-21 21-18 21-14

[QF] (9) Diju V (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (12) Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Jung Eun Ha (KOR)

[Sandeep]

Saina's match is in progress and at the moment she is cruising. She is leading 13-6 in the first game.

[Sandeep]

Top seed Yihan Wang lost today, huge upset. It should make Saina's path to the title even more easier. Yihan Wang was a junior world champion (bt Saina in the finals)