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  • Thailand Open: Rankireddy-Ponappa enter combined doubles semifinals with upset win

    Image Source : TWITTER/SAIMEDIA The unseeded Indian pair toiled onerous for one hour and quarter-hour to beat their world no. 6 Malaysian opponents 18-21 24-22 22-20 in a nail-bitting quarterfinal duel.
    India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa surprised fifth seeds Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh of Malaysia in a hard-fought three-game contest to enter the combined doubles semifinals of the Toyota Thailand Open badminton event right here on Friday.
    The unseeded Indian pair toiled onerous for one hour and quarter-hour to beat their world no. 6 Malaysian opponents 18-21 24-22 22-20 in a nail-bitting quarterfinal duel.

    Rankireddy and Ponappa, world no. 22, can be up towards the winners of the final quarterfinal match between high seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand and Korean duo of Sung Hyun Ko and Hye Won Eom.
    Sixth seed Indian PV Sindhu will tackle Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon, seeded fourth, within the ladies’s singles quarterfinals, whereas Sameer Verma will play third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark within the males’s singles last-eight spherical later within the day.
    Rankireddy will then workforce up with Chirag Shetty to face Malaysia’s Yew Sin Ong and Ee Yi Teo within the males’s doubles quarterfinals. 

  • Thailand Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponappa enter blended doubles semifinals with upset win

    India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa shocked fifth seeds Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh of Malaysia in a hard-fought three-game contest to enter the blended doubles semifinals of the Toyota Thailand Open badminton event right here on Friday.
    The unseeded Indian pair toiled arduous for one hour and quarter-hour to beat their world no. 6 Malaysian opponents 18-21 24-22 22-20 in a nail-bitting quarterfinal duel.
    Rankireddy and Ponappa, world no. 22, shall be up in opposition to the winners of the final quarterfinal match between prime seeds Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai of Thailand and Korean duo of Sung Hyun Ko and Hye Won Eom.
    Sixth seed Indian PV Sindhu will tackle Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon, seeded fourth, within the ladies’s singles quarterfinals, whereas Sameer Verma will play third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark within the males’s singles last-eight spherical later within the day.
    Rankireddy will then staff up with Chirag Shetty to face Malaysia’s Yew Sin Ong and Ee Yi Teo within the males’s doubles quarterfinals.

  • Thailand Open: Sameer Verma, blended doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Ashwini Ponnappa sail into quarterfinals

    India’s Sameer Verma superior to the boys’s singles quarterfinals on the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 event after steam rolling Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in a second spherical match on Thursday.
    The world quantity 31 Indian wanted simply 39 minutes to see off Gemke 21-12 21-9.
    The blended doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa additionally sailed into the quarterfinals with a tough fought 22-20 14-21 21-16 win over the German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich in a match that lasted near an hour.
    This was Sameer’s third victory over Gemke. The Indian had defeated the world quantity 17 Danish participant of their earlier two clashes.
    Sameer will face third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, who acquired a walkover, within the quarterfinals.
    “I was very confident before the match. I came prepared. Next up I have Anders Antonsen from Denmark. I’m feeling very confident, so let’s see. It will be tough but I will play my best,” Sameer mentioned.

  • Sameer, blended doubles pair of Satwik and Ponnappa sail into quarterfinals of Thailand Open

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File photograph of Ashwini Ponnappa (left) with blended doubles companion Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.
    India’s Sameer Verma superior to the boys’s singles quarterfinals on the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 match after steam rolling Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in a second-round match right here on Thursday.
    The world quantity 31 Indian wanted simply 39 minutes to see off Gemke 21-12, 21-9.
    The blended doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa additionally sailed into the quarterfinals with a tough fought 22-20, 14-21, 21-16 win over the German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich in a match that lasted near an hour.

    This was Sameer’s third victory over Gemke. The Indian had defeated the world quantity 17 Danish participant of their earlier two clashes.
    Sameer will face third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, who obtained a walkover, within the quarterfinals.
    “I was very confident before the match. I came prepared. Next up I have Anders Antonsen from Denmark. I’m feeling very confident, so let’s see. It will be tough but I will play my best,” Sameer mentioned.

  • Thailand Open: HS Prannoy reconnecting with large wins

    Covid bruises the our bodies of athletes and it confirmed in HS Prannoy’s opening spherical win in opposition to World No 7 Jonatan Christie on the Thailand Super 1000. With the ribcage incarcerating his breath, it was tough for him to maintain bouncing off the ground to thwack the shuttle. However, what the pandemic, his personal gradual restoration and this gentler begin to the match have accomplished is to set him freed from expectations.
    Describing the second set, after he dropped the primary 18-21, Prannoy would inform BWF: “I just played what I felt like. I was only thinking to make myself happy. Not thinking of the result.” This enjoying within the second strategy, would give him the 18-21, 21-16, 23-21 victory in opposition to a Top 10 participant who has accomplished properly within the final two seasons.
    The Covid 12 months – a really darkish cloud personally for the World No 28, may’ve had a silver lining too: it introduced endurance into Prannoy’s pounding recreation and paused the stress of dwelling as much as his potential. The calm in Prannoy’s recreation is a lot more practical than the storm he can kick up. For an immensely cerebral shuttler, who likes dabbling at complexity, every rally could be a fastidiously pursued treasure hunt.
    So in opposition to Indonesian Asiad champ Christie, when he blitzed smashes from an impetuous however non explosive bounce, they discovered the pace bump within the internet. It’s been the story of the proficient shuttler’s profession – shuttles falling limply on the internet at essential junctures. But if there was anybody outfitted to summon a Plan B swapping his regular big-power oxygen-guzzling recreation, it was Prannoy.
    It was when he acquired his backhand whirring and the drops and flicks began to get him factors, the Indian regarded in management in opposition to the Top Tenner. Three irritating seasons, negotiating accidents and a physique that couldn’t load as much as again the booming recreation, have passed by. An unpredictable an infection whose after-effects are nonetheless to be decided in entirety and his diminishing recreation had made reminiscences of scalping large names seem from a distant age. Yet, the arrogance that when he pauses to assume and play, he can take down the perfect, remaining in his defiant demeanor.

    Grateful for this begin! Moving on to the subsequent spherical 🏸#Badminton #ThailandOpen #ThailandOpen2021 pic.twitter.com/tZVBDiRDat
    — PRANNOY HS (@PRANNOYHSPRI) January 20, 2021
    Prannoy backs himself, is aware of his abilities like a philatelist is aware of his stamps, however has struggled to gas the intent with an uncoiling power wanted to implement his large energy recreation. Hence, he should change to Plan B which patiently calibrates every assault. It’s why having judged which was the higher facet of the courtroom to gather factors from, Prannoy would go about curating them. Having skilled solely from the second half of December and simply as soon as final week, Prannoy was happy with how he had rebounded from the difficult instances.
    “I was proud of how I played. And how I probably didn’t leave the game, at any point,” he would say, happy along with his tenacity. Christie would acknowledge that Prannoy switching techniques on the closing phases, stumped him. “I was in control in the first set. But going for too many winners maybe was a mistake in the second set. Prannoy control-attacked and that was hard to defend,” the Indonesian stated along with the problem of the drift.
    Prannoy would snare out errors, pushing Christie again proper when he was starting to get harmful on the internet. Levelling at 20-all, the Indian’s intelligent change in techniques whereas he cheerily chatted with fellow participant MR Arjun sitting within the coach’s chair, would unsettle Christie. “Two points from 20-18 in the decider increased Prannoy’s confidence,” he would say.
    READ | Gopichand recommends HS Prannoy for Arjuna Award
    Landing awkwardly on his palms he’d really feel the shoulder socket transfer and name for medical help. “Something went off and came back (he pointed to a possible snap). Slightly worrisome. But hopefully it’s fine,” he stated.
    Christie coming back from a 9 month Covid break, although not wholly satisfied about that harm, would admit it was his poor luck at any fee. There’s a plethora of matches since 2017 when Prannoy was knocking out the Chen Longs and Chong Weis, when he lacked the composure to complete off. Not on Wednesday. Even when Christie led, Prannoy wasn’t unduly frightened.
    “I knew I could get onto the better court side and even a 11-7, 11-8 lead would be ok. Just trying to change a couple of things towards the end,” he would say. Prannoy performs Darren Liew subsequent, however would keep unfussed about stress. “No goals. I don’t keep goals these days,” he would say wryly.
    “Physically I’ve not been so up. Last month I had covid. Post covid it’s been really tough on my body. Few days I could train. Last week also just 1 day I trained post the first session because of a lot of issues. So looking at that, my body is not 100 percent. But I’m trying to put my 100 percent on court. Let’s see. I don’t have any targets. I just want to enjoy the tournament atmosphere,” he added.

    The undeniable fact that Indians are stirring from their slumber all spherical – Sameer Verma nicked a high ten too earlier – was an added impetus. “If your folks are enjoying properly, you robotically really feel like it is advisable win.
    Rest of the workforce has began properly. That gave us confidence, we aren’t down,” he would problem a pleasant warning, early within the season.

  • HS Prannoy upsets Christie in Thailand Open

    Indian shuttler H S Prannoy confirmed nerves of metal to stun world quantity seven Jonatan Christie and enter the boys’s singles second spherical on the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 match on Wednesday.
    A former top-10 participant, Prannoy recovered from a recreation all the way down to outwit sixth seed Christie 18-21 21-16 23-21 in an exhilarating contest that clocked an hour and quarter-hour.
    It is Prannoy’s first win in opposition to the Indonesian in final 4 makes an attempt.
    Prannoy, who had failed to finish the job after doing all of the onerous work in opposition to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia final week, appeared decided to by no means quit. His stroke-play was a deal with to look at.
    The 28-year-old from Kerala had spent two weeks stressing over his bodily and psychological well being after being down with COVID-19 practically two months in the past.
    The an infection left him with ache in his ribcage although every little thing seemed regular within the checks. He may resume coaching solely within the second week of December however once more needed to undergo the ordeal of a false constructive end result forward of the Yonex Thailand Open final week.
    “I’m proud of my win today. I haven’t practised the last few days and my rib was hurting. Probably there’s a muscle inflammation because I was coughing a lot when I had COVID,” mentioned Prannoy, who will subsequent tackle Malaysia’s Daren Liew.
    “Today I just wanted to stay in there as there were no expectations. “I had a fall when he had match point and hurt my left shoulder. I felt it was dislocated but it went back into place. Right now it’s ok but it might start hurting again after a while.”
    Prannoy and Sameer Verma will carry India’s cost within the males’s singles after the withdrawal of fellow colleagues B Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth.
    Praneeth and his roommate Srikanth have been pressured to pullout after the previous examined constructive for COVID-19

  • Sameer Verma: The giant-killer beneath the radar

    There’s a Cheteshwar Pujara in Indian badminton: his protection is watchable and he’s finished properly in his profession with out shuttle’s energy weapon, the large smash. Nobody fairly launches into him like they do the cricketer, low-key sport, soft-spoken barely audible shuttler and all, that Sameer Verma is.
    But it’s simple for followers to remain detached to his losses and mood expectations, as a result of when he wins he gives the look that he merely will get by. Unless, he fetches up and scalps a biggie – on Tuesday at Thailand, it was World No 10, Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, profitable 18-21, 27-25, 21-19.
    Right in regards to the time Rishabh Pant was switching gears from draw to win in Brisbane, Verma was a set and 17-6 down in Bangkok. This after he’d led 14-7 within the opener, to flatline and lose the set. Trailing 3-11 within the second, Verma would begin the turnaround after one thing coach Agus Dwi Santoso repeated: “keep playing your style.”

    PLAY OF THE DAY | @sameerv2210 was a person on a mission at the moment 🔥 💪#HSBCbadminton #BWFWorldTour #ToyotaThailandOpen @HSBC_Sport pic.twitter.com/z1KWDFBj4E
    — BWF (@bwfmedia) January 19, 2021
    National coach, P Gopichand, watching from Hyderabad was glued to the badminton, figuring out cricket was on the verge of historical past, however unable to flip channels whereas Sameer charted his personal quiet comeback, whereas backing his fashion.For the uninitiated, Sameer is shorter than your ordinary males’s singles participant: like Antony Ginting, however minus that soar and that smash. He has a hypnotic slingy web recreation although – that may hold you away from a TV distant – and a protection that may’t be known as dour, however which is the bedrock of his recreation. He cleverly defends cross along with his snappy hand-speed, an excellent quantity of deception, and a reliable overhead cross-court. But no large smash.
    On Tuesday, staring down the barrel, phrases of his coaches boomed again from the depths within the second set. “Emotionally, I was thinking how to win the second game. I was down after losing the first game, mentally it was tough to lose after having such a big lead….But after the break my coach said, keep playing your style. I followed his advice,” Verma instructed BWF.
    Lee would sense it too – the sudden strategic swap. It was like gentle breaking by way of the cracks sharply, as Verma would begin exploiting the angles and dealing the large rallies. Not many like getting dragged into lengthy rallies with Sameer Verma. The 26-year-old sniffs weaknesses like an professional canine, and has the chunk in pinpoint placement of photographs to go for a kill. Who wants the large jaws roaring smash, when pincer cuts can obtain the identical impact?
    Backing his personal artistic protection and snapping shut all errors with self-discipline in opposition to seven match factors, he would lastly stage at 27-25. Verma doesn’t get credit score for the errors he attracts out, however there’s loads that may fall within the compelled bracket.
    “From the start I made a lot of mistakes. Luckily I overcame and won that,” Lee would say, including, “Second set I used to be main by so much.. But Sameer Verma’s technique modified.Tough recreation. Third Sameer led all the best way.
    He did properly from the second set. Also Sameer performed higher than me at the moment.”

    Give it up for the hero of the day❗️ 👏👏
    What a efficiency 🇮🇳 @sameerv2210‼️#HSBCbadminton #BWFWorldTour #ToyotaThailandOpen
    📸 @Badmintonphoto pic.twitter.com/7rZgnrMkBS
    — BWF (@bwfmedia) January 19, 2021
    Verma has the sport to beat the highest names – he’s crushed Kento Momota, the final Indian to handle that. But wants an injection of confidence to remain satisfied about his personal capability.
    Bouts of doubts can unfold like a rash by way of his thoughts when his leads are snatched away, like within the opener. “I played my game, my style. Good win for me. Much more confident in the second round,” he’d say.
    Equipped with maybe the least weapons amongst India’s males’s singles crop – his limitations are obtrusive: the physicality for the kill smash. But this additionally makes him probably the most disciplined of the lot on the court docket, and extra acutely aware of not getting too fancy and frittering in errors. His precision because the tide turned in opposition to Lee was proof of that self-awareness – of the lacking smash from his arsenal. Knowing absolutely properly he’ll want these 2-3 strokes additional to complete off the rally.
    “For Sameer to excel since he won’t power through opposition, he needs to be maneuvering opponents and finding an opening and finishing it. He needs to have a level of confidence and needs to get into the match. And be fully fit,” Gopichand says. “What he played today was very precise. And it is very refreshing to see this style of badminton win against top players. Overall very good win. This is one of the better matches I’ve seen Sameer play. Some of the rallies were really top notch, best I’ve seen him play.”
    He could be troubled by an ankle and hadn’t fairly landed in Bangkok brimming with confidence. Ranked 32 – seventh amongst Indians – India’s males’s singles shuttlers, Sameer, brother Sourabh, HS Prannoy and P Kashyap kind a formidable pack – however shouldn’t be entitled to funding, reserved for Top 25.
    Which additionally implies that Sameer hasn’t travelled to Bangkok with a devoted physio. Indonesian coach Agus sits for his matches, however isn’t obliged to, since he’s not within the camp. Verma has by no means complained, however it additionally means he’s left to fend for himself, particularly since his fashion of play (compensating with velocity and nous for energy) makes tough calls for on his physique.
    So when he wins, he’s trampolining over adversity always.
    “If he manages to be in the striking zone of rankings, and the moment he gets good conditions, he should be able to get big wins,” Gopichand says. “He may not be the most consistent player on the circuit but he can still get consistently good results against big names. He will have to accept some losses as it’s okay and move on rather than harp on bad results,” the coach provides.
    On a day of ‘nice guys winning’, Sameer stayed good and nicked one other Top Ten. It’s on days he loses that help might want to circulate his approach, as a result of he’s too good to even complain.

  • PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth make spectacular begins at Thailand Open

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES World champion Sindhu confirmed nice self-discipline and focus to see off world no.12 Busanan 21-17 21-13 within the girls’s singles opener.
    Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth notched up straight-game wins within the opening spherical to make spectacular begins on the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 event right here on Tuesday.
    Every week after being despatched packing by Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt within the first occasion of the Asia leg, world champion Sindhu confirmed nice self-discipline and focus to see off world no.12 Busanan 21-17 21-13 within the girls’s singles opener.

    “It was a good game and I’m very, very happy. This win was very important for me in this tournament because at last week’s tournament, I went out in the first round,” Sindhu stated after the match.
    “So this win today was important, because even though in the first game it was tight, I didn’t want to make it easy,” she added.
    The win took Sindhu’s head-to-head depend towards Busanan to 11-1. The solely time the Indian misplaced to the Thai participant was on the Hong Kong Open in 2019.
    Sindhu will face both Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun or Soniia Cheah within the second spherical.

    In males’s singles, former world no.1 Srikanth, who had withdrawn forward of the second spherical final week because of a calf muscle pull, appeared to have recovered fully as he decimated one other Thai participant Sitthikom Thammasin 21-11 21-11 in 37 minutes.
    Earlier, Sindhu opened up a 8-6 lead within the opening recreation however Busanan managed to show the tables, gaining a 13-9 benefit at one stage.
    The Indian slowly erased the deficit and moved to a 18-16 lead earlier than incomes the bragging rights.
    After the change of sides, Sindhu appeared extra decided as she zoomed to a 7-2 lead earlier than getting into the break with a 11-5 benefit.
    Sindhu reached 19-8 with 5 straight factors. The Indian then mis-timed a shot and Busanan produced a cross-court smash. Sindhu additionally misplaced some extent on the web.
    But Busanan ultimately hit large at hand seven match factors to Sindhu and he or she sealed the competition with a robust smash. 

  • PV Sindhu, Ok Srikanth make spectacular begins at Thailand Open

    Top Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth notched up straight-game wins within the opening spherical to make spectacular begins on the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 event right here on Tuesday.
    Every week after being despatched packing by Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt within the first occasion of the Asia leg, world champion Sindhu confirmed nice self-discipline and focus to see off world no.12 Busanan 21-17 21-13 within the ladies’s singles opener.
    “It was a good game and I’m very, very happy. This win was very important for me in this tournament because at last week’s tournament, I went out in the first round,” Sindhu stated after the match.
    “So this win today was important, because even though in the first game it was tight, I didn’t want to make it easy,” she added.
    The win took Sindhu’s head-to-head rely in opposition to Busanan to 11-1. The solely time the Indian misplaced to the Thai participant was on the Hong Kong Open in 2019.

    Sindhu will face both Korea’s Sung Ji Hyun or Soniia Cheah within the second spherical.
    In males’s singles, former world no.1 Srikanth, who had withdrawn forward of the second spherical final week resulting from a calf muscle pull, appeared to have recovered fully as he decimated one other Thai participant Sitthikom Thammasin 21-11 21-11 in 37 minutes.
    Earlier, Sindhu opened up a 8-6 lead within the opening sport however Busanan managed to show the tables, gaining a 13-9 benefit at one stage.
    The Indian slowly erased the deficit and moved to a 18-16 lead earlier than incomes the bragging rights.
    After the change of sides, Sindhu appeared extra decided as she zoomed to a 7-2 lead earlier than coming into the break with a 11-5 benefit.
    Sindhu reached 19-8 with 5 straight factors. The Indian then mis-timed a shot and Busanan produced a cross-court smash. Sindhu additionally misplaced some extent on the web.
    But Busanan finally hit large at hand seven match factors to Sindhu and she or he sealed the competition with a robust smash.

  • PV Sindhu and Co. search for higher present after listless show in first occasion of Asia leg

    Image Source : PTI PV Sindhu
    Indian shuttlers, together with Olympic hopefuls P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, will hope to offer a greater account of themselves at Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 match, beginning right here on Tuesday, after a lacklustre present final week.
    The Indian gamers appeared to battle with their health as none of them might cross the second spherical on the Yonex Thailand Open, the primary occasion of the Asia leg right here.
    Barring Kidambi Srikanth, it was the primary match for the entire Indian contingent in practically 10 months.
    If Olympic silver medallist Sindhu struggled to maintain tempo along with her first-round opponent Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt, London Games bronze winner Saina merely ran out of steam towards Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan within the second spherical.
    Among others, world no 13 B Sai Praneeth regarded a mismatch towards Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen, whereas former world no 1 Srikanth and 2014 Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap had been both pressured to withdraw or retire after struggling calf muscle pulls.
    World champion Sindhu, a medal contender at Tokyo Games, has been coaching at London for final two months and he or she shall be itching to go deep within the draw when she opens towards world no 12 Busanan, who had outlasted Saina final week.
    Saina, who lately recovered from COVID-19 and needed to undergo the ordeal of a false optimistic take a look at final week, will nonetheless have an imposing activity as she faces fourth seed and residential favorite Ratchanok Intanon within the opening spherical.

    Saina, who’s at present world no 20, has an 11-5 head-to-head document towards Inthanon, a former world champion however the Indian must play out of her pores and skin towards the Thai star, who had reached the quarterfinals final week.
    In the boys’s singles, Praneeth might want to discover his rhythm when he takes on Daren Liew of Malaysia, whereas world no 14 Srikanth, who had withdrawn from the second-round match after complaining of a calf muscle pull, faces Thailand’s Sitthikom Thammasin, an opponent he has crushed twice prior to now.
    Kashyap, who had retired within the decider towards Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada final week, will face Denmark’s world no 17 Rasmus Gemke.
    HS Prannoy will look to place behind final week’s first-round loss when he takes on the formidable Indonesian Jonatan Christie, who’s seeded sixth.
    The Verma brothers may even have their activity minimize out as Sourabh is pitted towards fifth seed Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting within the first spherical, whereas Sameer crosses swords with the speedy Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, seeded eighth.
    The solely silver linning from final week was the efficiency of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who regarded spectacular throughout their win over the South Korean mixture of Lee Yong Dae and Kim Gi Jung within the opening spherical.
    The duo will open towards fellow Indians Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, whereas Satwik and Ashwini Ponnapa, who had defeated sixth-seeded Indonesians Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emmanuelle Widjaja in an exhilarating match simply days in the past, will tackle Danish pariing of Niclas Nohr and Amalie Magelund.
    Ashwini and N Sikki Reddy will meet the German pairing of Linda Efler and Isabel Herttrich of their opener.