PV Sindhu starts campaign with victory, Kidambi Srikanth loses
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PV Sindhu starts campaign with victory, Kidambi Srikanth loses
von pinkpink am 15.12.2017 10:20It was a mixed day for Indian badminton fans as PV Sindhu kicked off her Dubai World Superseries Finals campaign with a win over China's He Bingjiao while Kidambi Srikanth lost to Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.
PV Sindhu defeated China's He Bingjiao 21-11, 15-21, 21-18 in 64 minutes in the Group A encounter while Srikanth lost to World No. 1 Axelsen 13-21, 17-21 in his Group B match on Wednesday.
World No.3 Sindhu looked like she would win the match pretty easily, after wrapping up the first game in just 14 minutes. But the world No.9 Bingjiao fought back in the second game with deft work at the net and stooping drops. The third and final game was more evenly fought, but it was Sindhu with her big smashes that http://www.authenticrangersstore.com/keith-yandle-jersey_c-424.html forced errors from her Womens Zach Zenner Jersey opponent and to give her the win.
Sindhu was making Bingjiao go through the paces in the first game as she raced to a 11-6 Malcolm Jenkins Youth jersey lead as the players took the first break. The left handed Chinese was finding it increasingly difficult to handle Sindhu's crosscourt smashes. The only Indian woman in the fray, made sure to use the full width of the court with her well-placed shots , shooting to a 16-8 lead. She finally took the first game 21-11.
After trailing in the initial stages of the second game, she came fought back to make it 7-7 at one point only to trail 11-9 going into the break. She briefly tried to stage a comeback, but her hopes of a straight game victory was snuffed out as the Chinese shuttler staved off all resistance, taking the second game 16-21, to take the match into a third decider.
In the third and last game, it was neck and neck from the very beginning as the two shuttlers exchanged blows. But it Al MacInnis Jersey was http://www.authenticavalanchejerseys.com/Authentic-Patrick-Roy-Jersey the Indian who went into the break leading at 11-7 post some unforced errors from Bingjiao.
Sindhu will face Sayaka Sato in her second match on Thursday.
In the other match, Srikanth failed to counter the barrage of smashes from Axelsen and lost the match. World No. 2 Srikanth was coming back to action after a http://www.shopushockeyonline.com/authentic+phil+kessel+jersey.html long injury break and the lack of fitness was in display. He failed to move swiftly and in the end gave up to the eight seeded player in the tournament in just 38 minutes.
Srikanth will next take on Chou Tien Chen of Taipei on Thursday.The top eight men's and women's singles players in the world, based on ranking points earned throughout the year, meet in the BWF Dubai World Superseries Finals.
Sindhu and Srikanth both came into to the year-ending tournament after a very successful year. Sindhu clinched the India Open and Korea Open, besides bagging a silver at Glasgow World Championship and finishing runners-up at Hong Kong Open last month. Srikanth on the other hand Geno Atkins Womens Jersey won a record four Super Series titles this year. Cheap Jerseys China Cheap NFL Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Cheap Jerseys NFL Cheap Jerseys Elite Wholesale NFL Jerseys Supply Nike NFL Jerseys Supply