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| Anup Sridhar |
There is something about the latest
breed of Indian shuttlers. After the recent Olympic success of Saina Nehwal and
Kashyap, Indian badminton is on an upbeat. It just showed its class when 22 year,
unseeded Abhimanyu Singh defeated 2nd seed Shih Kuei Chun of Chinese
Taipei in the Li Ning Singapore International Series to enter into the quarter
finals. The other Indian, Anup Sridhar, seeded 4th in the tournament also
registered win against Chin Hsun Yang of Chinese Taipei to book a quarterfinal
berth against Akira Koga of Japan. While Abhimanyu lost to Thammasin Sitthikom of
Thailand in the quarters, Anup defeated his Chinese Taipei opponent to meet
Thammasin in the semis to be played tomorrow. Anup has not been in his best of
form owing to injury and other external factors, but this fine run will
definitely do a world of good to bring him back into action.
Pullela Gopichand has been
working really hard with the entire stable and we are already witnessing the
results. India has never seen such a meteoric rise in Badminton since the days of the coach himself.
Will India break the Chinese
Jinx?
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| Abhimanyu Singh |
:-Rakesh S Ranbir
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