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NEW DELHI, FEB 19: Korean doubles specialist Kyung Min Ra was the player of the day. Her epic singles followed by the doubles brought Korea back from the brink to upset a struggling Indonesia 3-2 and help them storm into the final of the BPL-Asian Uber Cup badminton tournament at the IG Stadium on Saturday.
In a Thomas tie, China shut out India 3-0. In the other semi-final, the Korean men scored an identical 3-0 win over Thailand. This left the Indians and the Thais to settle it out in the play-off on Sunday. The winner of that grabs the third spot from the on-going qualifiers.
In fact, of the two singles, Jain tried his best to stretch the 14th ranked Chinese but failed to match the footwork of his opponent and, more than, the half-court smashes by the Chinese proved beyond his reach. After the Chinese took a winning 3-0 lead, the tie was stopped as per the rules.
RESULTS :
Thomas Cup semi-finals: China bt India 3-0 Chen Hong bt Nikhil Kanetkar 15-6, 15-4; Yu Jianhua and Chen Qiqui bt Vincent Lobo and Jaseel Ismail 15-4, 15-6; Ji Xingpeng bt Siddharth Jain 15-8, 15-6; Korea bt Thailand 3-0 Sueng Mo Shon bt Jakrapan Thanathirat 15-8, 15-5; Lee Hyun II bt Sudket Prapakamol 15-6, 15-2; Sun Ho Hwang bt Patapol Ngernsrisuk 15-1, 15-2
Uber Cup: Korea bt Indonesia 3-2 Kim Ji Hyun lost to Lidya Djaelawijay 12-13, 5-11, Lee Kyung Wn lost to Elen Angelina 11-3, 7-11, 9-11; Ra Kyung Min bt Yuli Marfuah 11-9, 11-9; Lee Hyo Jung and Yim Kyung Jin bt Etty Tantri/Cynthia 15-13, 16-17, 15-10; Japan bt Korea 3-1 Yasuko Mizui bt Ling Wan Tin 11-5, 11-6; Kanaka Yonekura bt Koon Wai Chae 11-4, 11-5; Miho Tanaka lost to Wang Chan 11-9, 4-11, 5-11; Yoshiko Iwata and Haruko Matsada bt Wai Chee Koon and Chan Mei Mei 15-4, 15-2.
