SN outclassed SJH in g1 and the tall Korean caught by surprise as the determined Indian megastar crawled her way back in g2. She moved well, had perfect touch at net. The smash quality still not as good as before, but she's coming, and they need to beware. SN's shouts and celebration showed how important it is for her to win matches these days, esp against her arch rivals like SJH
Saina Nehwal showed terrific fighting spirit and determination! Sung Ji Hyun is a fighter, has among the best fitness levels in WS and she played well. I am not happy with how slow Saina moved at times but understand that it will take time to regain strength, fitness and endurance levels.
PVS took her a foot off the pedal and allowed SS to get back level, from then the INA PSS champion never looked back, and PVS resign sending shuttle wide repeatedly.
PV Sindhu fights her way out of trouble! She lost her way in game 2. In game 3 Sindhu found her rhythm but wasted a big lead and finally finished. Sayaka Sato was confident after INA SSP and played extremely well.
When Ruthvika started her senior career she looked really promising but unfortunately the youngster soon plagued with injuries, hence she's still a level or two below even to her juniors like CXX.
Chen Xiaoxin is the most exciting WS talent from CHN. She has a nice jump smash, deception and attacking skills. Ruthvika Shivani Gadde used to be an eternal rally player like Sung Ji Hyun. She has added attacking skills and is India's 2nd most deceptive player after Saina Nehwal. Ruthvika had a solid foundation at the Prakash Padukone Academy before going to the Gopichand Academy. Ruthvika lacks exposure and she will be a much better player in 3 years.
Splendid, the 37-yr-old Lee Hyun Il still able to take out the up-and-coming 20-yr-old Anders Antonsen who just end last May at the European Championships beat Viktor Axelsen .
Satwik took revenge over Reginald in MD, after going down in XD. Where the later played with his usual partner Chau, who happened to play with the former in the PBL
Satwik/Chirag stun Law/Lee in 3 game thriller! In the Indonesia SSP they faced 3 INA pairs in a row. They are quietly growing in confidence. Every little victory will boost their confidence and help them improve. In 3 years they will be a much better pair.
ROUND OF 16 (01.00pm) => https://www.tournamentsoftware.com/...D1C54B-EF2E-4ED7-8E0F-2139EF1FB98E&d=20170622 *Match Highlights : - Son Wan Ho (KOR) v Srikanth Kidambi (IND) - Ng Ka Long (HKG) v Hans Kristian Vittinghus (DEN) - Chen Long (CHN) v Anthony S. Ginting (INA) - Jonatan Christie (INA) v Lin Dan (CHN) - Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) v Ratchanok Intanon (THA) - Lee JH/Lee Y (TPE) v Setiawan/Tan BH (INA/MAS) - Kim HR/Yoo HW (KOR) v Fukuman/Yonao (JPN) - Chae YJ/Kim SY (KOR) v Juhl/Pedersen (DEN) - Adcock/Adcock (ENG) v Choi SG/Chae YJ (KOR) - Lee CH/Chau HW (HKG) v Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai (THA) A turnaround of INA Premier outcome has emerged in AUS Open opening round, some players who display excellent run in JCC ended their journey earlier in Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre... Last week headline maker Prannoy couldn't repeat his magic touch here, lost to England Rajiv Ouseph. Other stunning defeat saw 6th seed Chou Tien Chen who wasted chance to seal the tie with two straight-games when took command 14-8 but the stubborn Chinese back-up Huang Yuxiang turned the tables to secure last sixteen berth. Coming back from injury, Jan O Jorgensen was retired at 9-14 in deciding game against Anthony Ginting. Meanwhile defending champion Hans Kristian Vittinghus has good start to eliminate Indian teenager Siril Verma and will take on Ng Ka Long tomorrow. World number one Son Wan Ho had really tough times to overcome Indian qualifier Parupalli Kashyap, the Korean will set revenge mission over Srikanth Kidambi next. China forefront player, Lin Dan-Chen Long have relatively comfortable way to book second round, this two high-profile shuttlers will find Indonesian young challengers, Jonatan Christie and Ginting respectively, the latter knocked out Chen in quarterfinal stage at same venue last year. Newly-crowned INA Premier champion Sayaka Sato and the runner-up Sung Ji Hyun have same destiny here, both of them lost to Indian opponent. Sato showed strong confidence to balance Rio silver medalist Pusarla Sindhu, lost narrowly 17-21 / 21-14 / 18-21 while the slow-starter Sung Ji Hyun succumbed to title-holder Saina Nehwal who applied smart tactic to outmaneuver the Korean. Top contender Tai Tzu Ying was too tough for Kirsty Gilmour despite the Scottish young lady delivered stiff resistance in first set. The off-form Carolina Marin continues lacklustre performance, back to back first round defeat, this time lost to Japan A-lister Nozomi Okuhara, 12-21 / 19-21. A mouth watering last sixteen clash will pit world number one Tai TY against former world champion Ratchanok Intanon where both players have amazing technical skill. Former world number one, Goh VS/Tan WK have uninspiring result in this season, never beyond quarterfinal including this time, they're stunned by recent China Masters runner-up, Inoue/Kaneko. Another Japanese duo also spring upset, Endo/Watanabe edge out last year beaten finalist Pratama/Suwardi. In women's doubles first round scores one of elite pair falter, Jung KE/Shin SC downed to Chinese reuniting combination, Bao YX/Tang JH. Mixed doubles top-half of draw contains two seeded pairs early exit, the Olympic Champion Ahmad/Natsir who topped podium at homesoil Premier event and former European Champion, the veterans Fischer/Pedersen. Thailand well-improved duo Puavaranukroh/Taerattanachai almost sent packing here by the unseeded Taiwanese youngsters Wang CL/Lee CH.
