Looks like Sindhu isn't good enough to get past Manuputty, let alone Li. Well done, Bella!
Angga/Rian through to last eight, def. the Olympic Champion Cai/Fu in a tight battle, 13-21 / 21-19 / 22-20.
Funny. Have you seen sindhu beating world no. 2 shixian in world championships 2014 to get bronze. she succumbed to the pressure here it seems.when she was just 17, she was able to beat li xuerui fresh from olympics that too in china. Shall I say that li xuerui is not good enough to beat even a kid.?.
Win or losses happen.. for her age, she achieved more than any indian player did for india. So, please I request you not to make such statement without knowing statistics. She has 1-1 h2h against li xuerui. Sindhu lost to li xuerui when she was 16 years old and the next year after olympics, sindhu had beaten her.
Good day continues for Ina camp as Greysia/Nitya finally can beat Reika/Miyuki 22-20, 21-17 !!!!!
Though I definitely share your sentiment that Ishmael has gone too far with his comments, and a match doesn't determine ones stature, your comments about Sindhu defeating LXR are misplaced. Generally I think that players should play each other atleast 4 times for h2h to become stable. Sindhu defeated LXR in that tournament and in the very next match went down to Sun Yu. So does this mean that sun Yu is better than both LXR and Sindhu?
I think LXR should have taken a break after the olympics (like other players, none of who were playing then). She is good, but not good enough to play in a tournament without any preparation, mentally or physically (which is understandable, since she just won the biggest badminton tourney).
We should see the overall performance of players. LXR has a win loss ratio of 45 - 4 this year. She has a net positive ratio of winning against any player. I understand your sentiments about sindhu, but she is not yet in the league of LXR. That is a fact.
Difficult to resist being baited. I think you fell for the trap.Funny. Have you seen sindhu beating world no. 2 shixian in world championships 2014 to get bronze. she succumbed to the pressure here it seems.when she was just 17, she was able to beat li xuerui fresh from olympics that too in china. Shall I say that li xuerui is not good enough to beat even a kid.?.
Win or losses happen.. for her age, she achieved more than any indian player did for india. So, please I request you not to make such statement without knowing statistics. She has 1-1 h2h against li xuerui. Sindhu lost to li xuerui when she was 16 years old and the next year after olympics, sindhu had beaten her.
Atleast today they have filled the seats with school students. One interesting thing I noticed was there was a lot of seats which were filled by kinder garden students, who dont even know what's happening outside. They are in their own world. Anyhow, good move by filling the seats. Yeaterday, I was watching a hockey match where only 5 or 6 people were there out of 5000 to 6000 seats.
No idea why...