Arvind in Macau Open quarter- finals.ARVIND Bhatt upset seventh seed Jan O Jorgenssen of Denmark 21- 13, 22- 20 to enter the quarter- finals of the Macau Open badminton championships The Macau Open Badminton Championships is an open international championship in badminton held in Macau since 2006. In 2007 the tournament was categorised by the Badminton World Federation as Grand Prix Gold level event, which carried a total prize money of US$120,000. on Thursday. Chetan Anand
Speaking to M AIL AIL 1. Angiocentric immunoproliferative lesion 2. Angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy T ODAY , Arvind said he was delighted with his win over Jorgenssen, a quarter- finalist at the World Championships which concluded in Hyderabad last week. " I am happy to win against Jorgenssen, who is one of the most exciting prospects in world badminton today. Before the match, I had decided to start attacking him from the first point. I know that he thrives on speed and power. I was determined to deny him any chance to attack," he said. In both the games, it was Arvind who took the lead. In the first game, Arvind smashed and dribbled his way to an 8- 1 lead. Jorgenssen, who had a great run in the World Championships, found himself at the receiving end of a barrage of cross court smashes from the Indian. Thereafter, the Indian went on to pocket the game 21- 13 in 12 minutes. In the second game, Jorgenssen was off the blocks in a flash and raced to an 8- 3 lead. But then the Indian came back strongly with a barrage of cross court smashes and cross court drops. The Dane then pulled it back to 8 all before taking the lead 12- 10 for the first time. But once again, Arvind stepped up the pace with some scorching scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. smashes to draw level at 18 all. Thereafter, he came up with some exquisite net play to win the game 22- 20. " After my disappointing show in the World Championships ( he lost in the opening round), it is good to make it to the quarter- finals of a tournament," he said. Arvind will now take on Malaysian veteran Wong Choon Han. On his part, Chetan Anand came up with a masterly display. Hans Kristian, who had upset 11th seed Chen Long on Wednesday, had no answer to the Indian's touch play and crisp smashes. Chetan has an uphill task on Friday as he takes on the top seed and World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei
Lee Chong Wei (Simplified Chinese: 李宗伟) (born October 21, 1982) is a professional badminton player from Malaysia. of Malaysia. Arvind ( right, above) will face Wong Choon in the Macau Open The Macau Open is a men's professional golf tournament which takes place in Macau SAR of the People's Republic of China and is also a tournament of the Asian Tour created by the Asian PGA. It was founded in 1998. The venue is the Macau Golf & Country Club at Coloane. last eight Copyright 2009 India Today This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Group. All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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