World Badminton Championships 2010: Rajiv Ouseph to face world No 1 Lee Chong Wei
England's Rajiv Ouseph heads for unchartered waters after triumphing at his first world championships in the biggest match of his career.
Telegraph staff and agencies
Published: 6:28PM BST 25 Aug 2010

Local hope Britain's Rajiv Ouseph is will meet world No 1 Lee Chong Wei Photo: REUTERS
Ouseph avenged his European Championships semi-final defeat by Jan O Jorgensen in Manchester in April by beating him to reach the third round in Paris on Wednesday.
His 34-minute victory brought a dubious reward as he must now face world No 1 and top seed Lee Chong Wei, the All England champion, in the third round on Thursday.
The three-times English national champion not only won but did so impressively.
He dominated the opening game with strong smashes and clever net play to take it 21-12 and then showed a lot of nerve after seeing Jorgensen recover to 19-19 after trailing 17-14 and 19-16 in the second.
In the end Ouseph needed four match points before getting the better of the European runner-up and 11th seed 25-23, having saved a game point at 23-22 down.
Ouseph said: “This made up for the Europeans. I think I played better and perhaps he didn’t play quite as well. The win means a lot because this is my first World Championships.”
Of the third-round clash with Lee, US Open champion Ouseph said: “He wants to win the World Championships so I am definitely going to be the underdog. But I’ll go out to enjoy it. Jan has beaten him before so I don’t see why I can’t.”
Carl Baxter was also trying to join Ouseph in the third round but he went out against ninth seed Boonsak Ponsana.
The Thailand player won 21-18 21-17 in 42 minutes but Kent’s Baxter, who is now based in Petts Wood, can be pleased at pushing him all the way, although he will be frustrated at not making more of a 15-12 lead in the second game.
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