SEMIFINALS (02.00pm local time, 2 court) => http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/s...5E58BA-9DC6-4161-B20A-16FD377EDD0D&d=20160123 Men's singles top three seeds fulfill the script, Lee Chong Wei-Tommy Sugiarto will face off while second seed Srikanth has surprising semifinalist Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin who performed beyond expectation here as he stunned Son WH and Angus Ng KL en route to last four, this 24 years old looks off the radar after he finished runner-up in 2009 Alor Setar World Junior Championships. The limping head to head statistics favours to Lee CW, 13-0 so it'll be huge task for Sugiarto to topple home hero, last meeting he lost straight-sets in HKG Superseries. The resurgent Srikanth has advantage to cruise into last round, last time he did it in INA Masters early December last year. Two tournament favourites will cross sword between Sung Ji Hyun v P.V. Sindhu. The Korean number one dashed Indian youngster dream to bag medal in World Championships last year, both of them display convincing winning yesterday to outclass their rival. At the bottom half, Japan Yui Hashimoto will take on Scottish star Kirsty Gilmour, equal chance for both players to progress as this is their first ever meeting. The 22 years old Gilmour should inspired by Spanish sensation Carolina Marin how to climb the elite level. A healthy draw for men's doubles semifinal, Kim GJ/Kim SR will take on vast experienced and former All England champion Koo KK/Tan BH, this gonna be interesting clash as last time they met two and half years ago in 2013 Guangzhou WC. Two back-ups, Indonesian Gideon/Sukamuljo and Japanese Kamura/Sonoda who experienced gruelling match at last eight will hunt final ticket. Two Chinese women's doubles pair will challenge top two seeds, the reigning Asian Junior Champion Du Y/Li YH face Japanese leading ladies Matsutomo/Takahashi and the on-fire young-old combination Tang YT/Yu Y get Korean best Chang YN/Lee SH. Chinese new ace Tang/Yu deliver satisfying performance so far to pocket China Open SS Premier title also Bitburger & Indonesian GP Gold as well and have promising prospect to grab Rio ticket. The underdogs and giant-killers, Zheng SW/Li YH and Tan KM/Lai PJ who shocked Indonesian number 1 & 2 pairs, Ahmad/Natsir & Jordan/Susanto respectively keep their step on track. The fast and furious Chinese teens v AUS Superseries winner Lee CH/Chau HW while new combo Tan/Lai will up against the established Chan PS/Lai PJ, delightful for home fans as they will see one of their mixed doubles pair in final tomorrow. LIVE TV (02.00pm, court 1) matches : 1) Sung Ji Hyun (KOR) v P.V. Sindhu (IND) 2) Tang Yuanting/Yu Yang (CHN) v Chang Ye Na/Lee So Hee (KOR) 3) Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (MAS) v K. Srikanth (IND) 4) Kim Gi Jung/Kim Sa Rang (KOR) v Koo Kien Keat/Tan Boon Heong (MAS) 5) Lee Chong Wei (MAS) v Tommy Sugiarto (INA)
Sindhu through to the finals. She defeated the top seed Sung Ji Hyun in 3 games. Hope she takes the title.
I remember Tan Kian Meng last year when he played singles in India GPG 2015. He lost to srikanth in 3 tough games. This time he is playing doubles . I dont know why he chose to play doubles. But he is very good. He defeated more established pair in straight games and through to finals. Fantastic
Resilient Iskandar did it again. He made another upset in this tournament, beating second seed K.Srikanth. After losing the close first game, srikanth lost interest in the second game, losing eventually.
The dispute is taking too long, time to get on with it and deliberate on it later. The tournament referee and other officials are still in discussion over one controversial point early on in the match.
The umpire faulted LCW, the receiver, for moving before Tommy was about to serve. The tournament referee is explaining that you cannot fault the receiver until the server has served. Is he going to rule a let?
I feel the tournament referee took too much time to come to a decision, he should review the tape, watch the replay as shown on TV, and come to a decision within a minute.
In my opinion, Tommy shouldn't let it affect him, he didn't lose the point, only didn't win it based on the receiver's supposed fault which in the end the umpire was forced to reverse his original call and rule a let.
