Thursday, October 14, 2010
Indian badminton star and top-seeded Saina Nehwal, trounced her Canadian opponent, Anna Rice, Monday night to advance to the Commonwealth Games semifinals, with the home crowd giving her a deafening cheer after each point as she sped to a 29-minute victory.
Ms. Nehwal defeated Ms. Rice, ranked sixth, 21-7 and 21-10. Waving Indian flags and shouting “Bharati mata ki jai,†or Hail Mother India, the crowd packed the stands and cheered throughout her easy victory.
Ms. Nehwal faces third-seeded Susan Egelstaff of Scotland in her semi-final Tuesday.
India’s Parupalli Kashyap beat Malaysia’s Hashim Muhammad Hafiz in a tough three-game match.
Mr. Kashyap, who lost the first game 19-21, came back to win the second by bringing the taller Malaysian to the net with drop shot after drop shot. Mr. Kashyap won the second game 21-19 and then dominated the third one, 21-16.
After the match Mr. Kashyap, seeded sixth, said in an interview that the crowd support–shouts of “Kashyap, Kashyap†rang out throughout–helped him win over the fourth-ranked Malaysian. “I felt that energy of the crowd,†he said.
He faces second seeded Rajiv Ouseph of England in the semi-finals.
India’s Chetan Anand, the third-seeded player in the tournament, easily beat the fifth-ranked Carl Baxter of England.
Mr. Anand, who won 21-17, 21-9, attributed his victory to putting his opponent under pressure by starting out well–and then the crowd further unnerving him with its loud support.
Mr. Anand will face top-seeded Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the semi-finals
From: http://ping.fm/NOS5v
Ms. Nehwal defeated Ms. Rice, ranked sixth, 21-7 and 21-10. Waving Indian flags and shouting “Bharati mata ki jai,†or Hail Mother India, the crowd packed the stands and cheered throughout her easy victory.
Ms. Nehwal faces third-seeded Susan Egelstaff of Scotland in her semi-final Tuesday.
India’s Parupalli Kashyap beat Malaysia’s Hashim Muhammad Hafiz in a tough three-game match.
Mr. Kashyap, who lost the first game 19-21, came back to win the second by bringing the taller Malaysian to the net with drop shot after drop shot. Mr. Kashyap won the second game 21-19 and then dominated the third one, 21-16.
After the match Mr. Kashyap, seeded sixth, said in an interview that the crowd support–shouts of “Kashyap, Kashyap†rang out throughout–helped him win over the fourth-ranked Malaysian. “I felt that energy of the crowd,†he said.
He faces second seeded Rajiv Ouseph of England in the semi-finals.
India’s Chetan Anand, the third-seeded player in the tournament, easily beat the fifth-ranked Carl Baxter of England.
Mr. Anand, who won 21-17, 21-9, attributed his victory to putting his opponent under pressure by starting out well–and then the crowd further unnerving him with its loud support.
Mr. Anand will face top-seeded Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the semi-finals
From: http://ping.fm/NOS5v