Monday, December 03, 2007

Hong Kong Open goes China's way

2 Dec 07: Indonesia took two gold and China three at the Hong Kong Open -- Nova Widianto/ Lilyana Natsir and Markis Kido/ Hendra Setiawan getting atop the winners' podium. Good news for Indonesia as the Olympic race hots up.
There must have been some pressure on Lin Dan, but the champ came through in style against Chong Wei in three sets.
Final results :
WS : Xie Xingfang (CHN) beat Zhu Lin (CHN) : 21/19 – 21/14
MxD : Widianto/Natsir (INA) Vs Zheng/Gao (CHN) : 23/21 – 21/18 – 21/19
MS : Lin Dan (CHN) beat Lee Chong Wei (MAL) : 9/21 – 21/15 – 21/15
WD : Du/Yu (CHN) beat Zhang /Wei (CHN) : 22/20 – 13/21 – 21/17
MD : Kido/Setiawan (INA)beat Gunawan/Wijaya (USA/INA) : 21/12 – 18/21 – 21/13

2 comments:

rajeevbfy said...

Hi,
Came across your blog today..
Am pleased that there is soemone who writes about badminton,and that to Indian Badminton..
Statistics in India reveal that Badminton is the second most popular game after Cricket.
Great Show,keep it up..

Rajeev

Dev said...

Hi Rajeev,
Thanks! How did you come across this blog?
Dev