Wounded Warriors look to tame master Lee's Mumbai (ref: Indian Express)
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Badminton stars of class and quality, from home and abroad, will
descend onto the land from where Indian badminton really took off. For
it was Bangalore’s Prakash Padukone who sowed the seeds that the game is
reaping today.
Prakash won the Commonwealth Games gold in 1978, the All-England championships in 1980, the World Cup in 1981 and the bronze in the 1983 World Championships. Prakash’s phenomenal achievements, when he had the scalps of the likes of Liem Swie King, Rudy Hartano or Morten Frost Hansen, made the world sit up. It was he who truly launched Indian badminton on the world map. The rest only followed in his footsteps.
If the game has caught the imagination of the people today, Prakash deserves accolades like none other. He must be the happiest person to see the likes of World No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist, and World No 12 Marc Zwiebler of Germany and No 41 Vladimir Ivanov (Russia) and Tine Baun (Denmark), the women’s No 11 in the Mumbai Masters’ ranks. Also in action are Awadhe Warriors’ Malaysian World No 13 Weng Fe Chong and India’s new sensation PV Sindhu, the No 10 among women, in the first match of the Indian Badminton League at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium on Saturday.
Decidedly superior in the singles department, Mumbai Masters surely have an edge over Awadhe Warriors of Lucknow. The western India outfit have won and lost two matches and are placed second on the six-team table with a semifinal slot more or less assured.
Warriors have played a game less and must win this one to keep their last four hopes alive. The doubles and mixed doubles appear to be their best bets, for their singles players have been blowing hot and cold in their outings. Sindhu is perhaps feeling the heat as she has to live up to her World Championships bronze medal winning reputation. Playing non-stop has taken its toll and it is evident in her displays.
Most of the games have gone to the wire and interesting duels have been on show. It cannot be any different on the morrow what with the traditionally badminton loving crowds expected to provide a full house. (ref Indian Express)
Prakash won the Commonwealth Games gold in 1978, the All-England championships in 1980, the World Cup in 1981 and the bronze in the 1983 World Championships. Prakash’s phenomenal achievements, when he had the scalps of the likes of Liem Swie King, Rudy Hartano or Morten Frost Hansen, made the world sit up. It was he who truly launched Indian badminton on the world map. The rest only followed in his footsteps.
If the game has caught the imagination of the people today, Prakash deserves accolades like none other. He must be the happiest person to see the likes of World No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games silver medallist, and World No 12 Marc Zwiebler of Germany and No 41 Vladimir Ivanov (Russia) and Tine Baun (Denmark), the women’s No 11 in the Mumbai Masters’ ranks. Also in action are Awadhe Warriors’ Malaysian World No 13 Weng Fe Chong and India’s new sensation PV Sindhu, the No 10 among women, in the first match of the Indian Badminton League at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium on Saturday.
Decidedly superior in the singles department, Mumbai Masters surely have an edge over Awadhe Warriors of Lucknow. The western India outfit have won and lost two matches and are placed second on the six-team table with a semifinal slot more or less assured.
Warriors have played a game less and must win this one to keep their last four hopes alive. The doubles and mixed doubles appear to be their best bets, for their singles players have been blowing hot and cold in their outings. Sindhu is perhaps feeling the heat as she has to live up to her World Championships bronze medal winning reputation. Playing non-stop has taken its toll and it is evident in her displays.
Most of the games have gone to the wire and interesting duels have been on show. It cannot be any different on the morrow what with the traditionally badminton loving crowds expected to provide a full house. (ref Indian Express)
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