Saina, Chetan finish runners-up:
Guwahati, Dec 5: Top seeded Indians Chetan Anand and Saina Nehwal lost their final matches in the India International Challenge Badminton Championship at the Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium at Amingaon near here on Wednesday.
Saina lost to Japanese Kanako Yonekera 13-21, 18-21 in women’s singles while Malaysian Chung Wei Pei beat India's number one shuttler Chetan Anand 21-18, 20-22, 21-15 to lift the men's single title.
Saina made some late rallies in the second game but that was not enough to get the better of her lanky and nimble-footed Japanese opponent who has tremendous cross court coverage. The Indian lost the final in 45 minutes.
The Japanese took the first game easily (21-13) as she took control of the game by the half way and never allowed Saina, who did produce some occasional brilliance, to come back into the match.
In the second game, Saina opened a five point gap in the beginning but Kanako soon caught her up and by the tenth point she started opening a small gape which she successfully held on till the final point to win the match 21-18.
In the men’s singles, Chetan tried to make a comeback in the second set and won it 22-20 after having conceded the first set 18-21. But he failed to sustain his form in the decider and went down 15-21 without much fight.
Saina lost to Japanese Kanako Yonekera 13-21, 18-21 in women’s singles while Malaysian Chung Wei Pei beat India's number one shuttler Chetan Anand 21-18, 20-22, 21-15 to lift the men's single title.
Saina made some late rallies in the second game but that was not enough to get the better of her lanky and nimble-footed Japanese opponent who has tremendous cross court coverage. The Indian lost the final in 45 minutes.
The Japanese took the first game easily (21-13) as she took control of the game by the half way and never allowed Saina, who did produce some occasional brilliance, to come back into the match.
In the second game, Saina opened a five point gap in the beginning but Kanako soon caught her up and by the tenth point she started opening a small gape which she successfully held on till the final point to win the match 21-18.
In the men’s singles, Chetan tried to make a comeback in the second set and won it 22-20 after having conceded the first set 18-21. But he failed to sustain his form in the decider and went down 15-21 without much fight.
The men’s singles winner received 1200 dollar while the runners-up got 600 dollar. The women’s singles champion was by 1035 dollar and the runners-up received 495 dollar.
In men’s doubles, Malaysian pair of Chan Pen Soon and Chung Hun downed Indian duo of K Dinesh and James Jayan 21-8, 21-15.
In men’s doubles, Malaysian pair of Chan Pen Soon and Chung Hun downed Indian duo of K Dinesh and James Jayan 21-8, 21-15.
Yesterday (Dec 4), Mizo girl and wife of Chetan, Jwala Gutta had completed her double crowns winning both women’s and mixed doubles.
In the mixed doubles, Jwala and V Diju pair had defeated compatriots Aparna Balan and Ramesh Kumar 21-14, 21-16.
In the women’s doubles, Jwala and Sruti Kurian had beaten Aparna Balan and P Jyotshna 21-11, 21-18.
In the mixed doubles, Jwala and V Diju pair had defeated compatriots Aparna Balan and Ramesh Kumar 21-14, 21-16.
In the women’s doubles, Jwala and Sruti Kurian had beaten Aparna Balan and P Jyotshna 21-11, 21-18.
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The Malaysian is Chong Wei Feng and not Pei Wei Chung.
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