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Monday, August 21, 2017

World Badminton Championships 2017

Important Results: Day 7

Men's Singles - Final



Viktor Axelsen

Viktor Axelsen [3] (Denmark) defeated Lin Dan [7] (China) 22-20 21-16

Women's Singles - Final



Nozomi Okuhara

Nozomi Okuhara [7] (Japan) vs Pusarla V. Sindhu [4] (India) 19-21 22-20 20-22

Men's Doubles - Final


Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan [8] (China) defeated Mohammad Ahsan & Rian Agung Saputro (Indonesia) 21-10 21-17

Women's Doubles - Final


Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan [4] (China) defeated Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota [9] (Japan) 21-18 17-21 21-15

Mixed Doubles - Final


Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir [3] (Indonesia) defeated Zheng Siwei & Chen Qingchen [1] (China) 15-21 21-16 21-15

Important Results: Day 6

Men's Singles - Semifinals



Viktor Axelsen

UPSET: Lin Dan [7] (China) defeated Son Wan Ho [1] (Korea) 21-17 21-14
Viktor Axelsen [3] (Denmark) defeated Chen Long [5] (China) 21-9 21-10

Women's Singles - Semifinals



P.V Sindhu
>br /> Pusarla V. Sindhu [4] (India) defeated Chen Yufei [9] (China) 21-13 21-10
Nozomi Okuhara [7] (Japan) defeated Saina Nehwal [12] (India) 12-21 21-17 21-10

Men's Doubles - Semifinals


UPSET: Mohammad Ahsan & Rian Agung Saputro (Indonesia) defeated Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda [4] (Japan) 21-12 21-15
UPSET: Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan [8] (China) defeated Chai Biao & Hong Wei [6] (China) 21-17 21-19

Women's Doubles - Semifinals


UPSET: Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan [4] (China) defeated Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi [1] (Japan) 21-17 21-15
UPSET: Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota [9] (Japan) defeated Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen [2] (Denmark) 21-17 19-21 21-14

Mixed Doubles - Semifinals


Zheng Siwei & Chen Qingchen [1] (China) defeated Chris Adcock & Gabrielle Adcock [5] (England) 21-15 23-21
Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir [3] (Indonesia) defeated Lee Chun Hei Reginald & Chau Hoi Wah [10] (Hong Kong) 21-16 21-13

Important Results: Day 5

Men's Singles - Quarterfinals


Lin Dan

Son Wan Ho [1] (Korea) defeated Kidambi Srikanth [8] (India) 21-14 21-18
Viktor Axelsen [3] (Denmark) defeated Chou Tien Chen [6] (Chinese Taipei) 21-18 20-22 21-16
Chen Long [5] (China) defeated Tian Houwei [10] (China) 21-12 21-17
Lin Dan [7] (China) defeated Wong Wing Ki Vincent [12] (Hong Kong) 21-17 21-18

Women's Singles - Quarterfinals


Saina Nehwal

UPSET: Nozomi Okuhara [7] (Japan) defeated Carolina Marin [3] (Spain) 21-18 14-21 21-15
Pusarla V. Sindhu [4] (India) defeated Sun Yu [5] (China) 21-14 21-9
Chen Yufei [9] (China) defeated Ratchanok Intanon [8] (Thailand) 14-21 21-16 21-12
Saina Nehwal [12] (India) defeated Kirsty Gilmour [16] (Scotland) 21-19 18-21 21-15

Men's Doubles - Quarterfinals


Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda [4] (Japan) defeated Mads Conrad-Petersen & Mads Pieler Kolding [7] (Denmark) 21-13 23-21
UPSET: Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan [8] (China) defeated Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen [2] (Denmark) 20-22 21-11 22-20
UPSET: Chai Biao & Hong Wei [6] (China) defeated Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo [3] (Indonesia) 11-21 21-19 22-20
Mohammad Ahsan & Rian Agung Saputro (Indonesia) defeated Chung Eui Seok & Kim Dukyoung (Korea) 21-16 21-18

Women's Doubles - Quarterfinals


Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi [1] (Japan) defeated Bao Yixin & Yu Xiaohan [14] (China) 21-13 25-27 21-19
Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen [2] (Denmark) defeated Shiho Tanaka & Koharu Yonemoto [7] (Japan) 21-5 18-21 27-25
UPSET: Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota [9] (Japan) defeated Chang Ye Na & Lee So Hee [3] (Korea) 21-14 25-27 21-19
Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan [4] (China) defeated Jung Kyung Eun & Shin Seung Chan [5] (Korea) 21-17 21-14

Mixed Doubles - Quarterfinals


Zheng Siwei & Chen Qingchen [1] (China) defeated Praveen Jordan & Debby Susanto [7] (Indonesia) 21-16 21-12
UPSET: Lee Chun Hei Reginald & Chau Hoi Wah [10] (Hong Kong) defeated Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong [2] (China) 21-13 17-21 21-15
Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir [3] (Indonesia) defeated Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping [13] (China) 19-21 21-15 21-18
Chris Adcock & Gabrielle Adcock [5] (England) defeated Tang Chun Man & Tse Ying Suet [12] (Hong Kong) 16-21 21-13 21-16

Important Results: Day 4

Men's Singles - Pre-Quarterfinals


Wong Wing Ki Vincent

Son Wan Ho [1] (Korea) defeated Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk [11] (Thailand) 21-14 17-21 21-13
Viktor Axelsen [3] (Denmark) defeated Ng Ka Long Angus [9] (Hong Kong) 21-17 21-13
UPSET: Wong Wing Ki Vincent [12] (Hong Kong) defeated Shi Yuqi [4] (China) 21-13 15-21 21-16
Chen Long [5] (China) defeated Ajay Jayaram [13] (India) 21-11 21-10
Chou Tien Chen [6] (Chinese Taipei) defeated Sai Praneeth [15] (India) 19-21 21-10 21-12
Lin Dan [7] (China) defeated Rajiv Ouseph [16] (England) 14-21 21-17 21-16
Kidambi Srikanth [8] (India) defeated Anders Antonsen [14] (Denmark) 21-14 21-18
Tian Houwei [10] (China) defeated Brice Leverdez (France) 21-14 21-8

Women's Singles - Pre-Quarterfinals


P.V. Sindhu

UPSET: Chen Yufei [9] (China) defeated Akane Yamaguchi [1] (Japan) 21-18 21-19
UPSET: Saina Nehwal [12] (India) defeated Sung Ji Hyun [2] (Korea) 21-19 21-15
Carolina Marin [3] (Spain) defeated Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark) 21-7 21-11
Pusarla V. Sindhu [4] (India) defeated Cheung Ngan Yi [13] (Hong Kong) 19-21 23-21 21-17
Sun Yu [5] (China) defeated Beatriz Corrales [15] (Spain) 21-11 19-21 23-21
UPSET: Kirsty Gilmour [16] (Scotland) defeated He Bingjiao [6] (China) 21-14 15-21 21-16
Nozomi Okuhara [7] (Japan) defeated Aya Ohori [11] (Japan) 22-20 21-15
Ratchanok Intanon [8] (Thailand) defeated Chen Xiaoxin [14] (China) 21-13 21-9

Men's Doubles - Pre-Quarterfinals


Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen [2] (Denmark) defeated Takuto Inoue & Yuki Kaneko [15] (Japan) 22-20 19-21 21-12
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo [3] (Indonesia) defeated Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov [10] (Russia) 21-19 21-16
Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda [4] (Japan) defeated Ricky Karandasuwardi & Angga Pratama [9] (Indonesia) 21-18 22-24 21-15
Chai Biao & Hong Wei [6] (China) defeated Huang Kaixiang & Wang Yilyu [13] (China) 14-21 21-12 21-18
Mads Conrad-Petersen & Mads Pieler Kolding [7] (Denmark) defeated Lu Ching Yao & Yang Po Han [11] (Chinese Taipei) 21-12 21-12
Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan [8] (China) defeated Liao Min Chun & Cheng Heng Su (Chinese Taipei) 21-14 21-13
UPSET: Chung Eui Seok & Kim Dukyoung (Korea) defeated Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge [14] (England) 21-16 18-21 21-15
UPSET: Mohammad Ahsan & Rian Agung Saputro (Indonesia) defeated Mathias Christiansen & David Daugaard[16] (Denmark) 21-19 21-12

Women's Doubles - Pre-Quarterfinals


Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi [1] (Japan) defeated Naoko Fukuman & Kurumi Yonao [10] (Japan) 18-21 21-15 21-19
Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen [2] (Denmark) defeated Hye Rin Kim & Yoo Hae Won [13] (Korea) 22-20 21-19
Chang Ye Na & Lee So Hee [3] (Korea) defeated Chae Yoo Jung & Kim So Yeong [12] (Korea) 18-21 21-12 22-20
Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan [4] (China) defeated Anastasia Chervyakova & Olga Morozova [16] (Russia) 21-13 21-17
Jung Kyung Eun & Shin Seung Chan [5] (Korea) defeated Maiken Fruergaard & Sara Thygesen [15] (Denmark) 21-18 22-20 UPSET: Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota [9] (Japan) defeated Huang Dongping & Li Yinhui [6] (China) 21-3 21-14 Shiho Tanaka & Koharu Yonemoto [7] (Japan) defeated Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva [11] (Bulgaria) 21-12 15-21 21-19
UPSET: Bao Yixin & Yu Xiaohan [14] (China) defeated Luo Ying & Luo Yu [8] (China) 21-17 10-21 21-15

Mixed Doubles - Pre-Quarterfinals


Zheng Siwei & Chen Qingchen [1] (China) defeated Mathias Christiansen & Sara Thygesen [14] Denmark 21-12 21-17
Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong [2] (China) defeated Choi Solgyu & Chae Yoo Jung [9] (Korea) 21-14 21-16
Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir [3] (Indonesia) defeated Sam Magee & Chloe Magee (Ireland) 19-21 21-16 21-10
UPSET: Tang Chun Man & Tse Ying Suet [12] (Hong Kong) defeated Zhang Nan & Li Yinhui [4] (China) 21-12 17-21 21-13
Chris Adcock & Gabrielle Adcock [5] (England) defeated Kenta Kazuno & Ayane Kurihara[11] (Japan) 21-15 21-16
UPSET: Lee Chun Hei Reginald & Chau Hoi Wah [10] (Hong Kong) defeated Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen [6] (Denmark) 5-5 Retired
Praveen Jordan & Debby Susanto [7] (Indonesia) defeated Pranaav Jerry Chopra & Reddy N. Sikki [15] (India) 22-20, 18-21, 18-21
UPSET: Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping [13] (China) defeated Tan Kian Meng & Lai Pei Jing [8] (Malaysia) 21-15 21-16

Important Results: Day 3

Men's Singles - Round 2


Sai Praneeth

Son Wan Ho [1] (Korea) defeated Gergely Krausz (Hungary) 21-13 21-9
Viktor Axelsen [3] (Denmark) defeated Eetu Heino (Finland) 21-17 21-15
Shi Yuqi [4] (China) defeated Ygor Coelho (Brazil) 21-17 21-23 21-10
Chen Long [5] (China) defeated Sony Dwi Kuncoro (Indonesia) 21-13 21-17
Chou Tien Chen [6] (Chinese Taipei) defeated Marc Zwiebler (Germany) 20-22 21-18 21-14
Lin Dan [7] (China) defeated Emil Holst (Denmark) 19-21 21-8 21-16
Kidambi Srikanth [8] (India) defeated Lucas Corvee (France) 21-9 21-4
Ng Ka Long Angus [9] (Hong Kong) defeated Rosario Maddaloni (Italy) 21-10 21-15
Tian Houwei [10] (China) defeated Vladimir Malkov (Russia) 21-17 21-14
Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk [11] (Thailand) defeated Zulfadli Zulkiffli (Malaysia) 21-18 21-13
Wong Wing Ki Vincent [12] (Hong Kong) defeated Kanta Tsuneyama (Japan) 21-23 21-15 26-24
Ajay Jayaram [13] (India) defeated Mark Caljouw (Netherlands) 21-13 21-18
Anders Antonsen [14] (Denmark) defeated Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia) 21-15 21-9
Sai Praneeth [15] (India) defeated Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia) 14-21 21-18 21-19
Rajiv Ouseph [16] (England) defeated Sameer Verma (India) 22-20 21-9

Women's Singles - Round 2


Saina Nehwal

Sung Ji Hyun [2] (Korea) defeated Tanvi Lad (India) 21-9 21-19
Carolina Marin [3] (Spain) defeated Yip Pui Yin (Hong Kong) 21-5 21-7
He Bingjiao [6] (China) defeated Su Yu Chen (Chinese Taipei) 21-8 21-14
Nozomi Okuhara [7] (Japan) defeated Rachel Honderich (Canada) 21-10 17-21 21-7
UPSET: Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark) defeated Sayaka Sato [10] (Japan) 21-14 14-21 21-18
Aya Ohori [11] (Japan) defeated Mariya Mitsova (Bulgaria) 21-7 21-15
Saina Nehwal [12] (India) defeated Sabrina Jaquet (Switzerland) 21-11 21-12
Kirsty Gilmour [16] (Scotland) defeated Rituparna Das (India) 21-16 21-13

Men's Doubles - Round 2

UPSET: Mohammad Ahsan & Rian Agung Saputro (Indonesia) defeated Li Junhui & Liu Yuchen [1] (China) 19-21 21-18 21-18
Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen [2] (Denmark) defeated Kah Ming Chooi & Low Juan Shen (Malaysia) 21-16 21-17
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon & Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo [3] (Indonesia) defeated Liao Kuan Hao & Lu Chia Pin (Chinese Taipei) 21-13 14-21 21-9
Takeshi Kamura & Keigo Sonoda [4] (Japan) defeated Mark Lamsfuss & Marvin Emil Seidel (Germany) 19-21 21-15 21-9
UPSET: Chung Eui Seok & Kim Dukyoung (Korea) defeated Goh V Shem & Tan Wee Kiong [5] (Malaysia) 21-18 21-16
Chai Biao & Hong Wei [6] (China) defeated Jones Ralfy Jansen & Josche Zurwonne (Germany) 27-29 21-13 21-14
Mads Conrad-Petersen & Mads Pieler Kolding [7] (Denmark) defeated Or Chin Chung & Tang Chun Man (Hong Kong) 21-16 21-11
Liu Cheng & Zhang Nan [8] (China) defeated Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe (Japan) 21-9 21-15
Ricky Karandasuwardi & Angga Pratama [9] (Indonesia) defeated Evgenij Dremin & Denis Grachev (Russia) 21-15 21-16
Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov [10] (Russia) defeated Martin Campbell & Patrick Machugh (Scotland) 21-14 21-14
Lu Ching Yao & Yang Po Han [11] (Chinese Taipei) defeated Konstantin Abramov & Alexandr Zinchenko (Russia) 21-15 21-16
UPSET: Liao Min Chun & Cheng Heng Su (Chinese Taipei) defeated Kim Astrup & Anders Skaarup Rasmussen [12] (Denmark) 22-24 21-13 21-12
Huang Kaixiang & Wang Yilyu [13] (China) defeated Matijs Dierickx & Freek Golinski (Belgium) 21-9 21-7
Marcus Ellis & Chris Langridge [14] (England) defeated Dominik Stipsits & Roman Zirnwald (Austria)21-15 21-10
Takuto Inoue & Yuki Kaneko [15] (Japan) defeated Takuro Hoki & Yugo Kobayashi (Japan)21-16 25-23
Mathias Christiansen & David Daugaard[16] (Denmark) defeated Bastian Kersaudy & Julien Maio (France) 21-8 21-17

Women's Doubles - Round 2

Misaki Matsutomo & Ayaka Takahashi [1] (Japan) defeated Ching Hui Chang & Yang Ching Tun (Chinese Taipei) 21-10 21-5 Kamilla Rytter Juhl & Christinna Pedersen [2] (Denmark) defeated Ashwini Ponnappa & Reddy N. Sikki (India) 24-22 17-21 21-15
Chang Ye Na & Lee So Hee [3] (Korea) defeated Nadia Fankhauser (Switzerland) & Sannatasah Saniru (Malaysia) 21-6 21-14
Chen Qingchen & Jia Yifan [4] (China) defeated Chiang Kai Hsin & Hung Shih Han (Chinese Taipei) 21-16 21-17
Jung Kyung Eun & Shin Seung Chan [5] (Korea) defeated Lauren Smith & Sarah Walker (England) 21-10 21-14
Huang Dongping & Li Yinhui [6] (China) defeated Isabel Herttrich & Carla Nelte (Germany) 21-7 21-19
Shiho Tanaka & Koharu Yonemoto [7] (Japan) defeated Lorraine Baumann & Audrey Fontaine (France) 21-9 21-8
Luo Ying & Luo Yu [8] (China) defeated Poon Lok Yan & Tse Ying Suet (Hong Kong) 21-14 21-19
Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota [9] (Japan) defeated Eefje Muskens & Selena Piek (Netherlands) 21-12 11-4 Retired
Naoko Fukuman & Kurumi Yonao [10] (Japan) defeated Yu Chieh Cheng & Ling Fang Hu (Chinese Taipei) 21-7 21-17
Gabriela Stoeva & Stefani Stoeva [11] (Bulgaria) defeated Tereza Švábíková & Katerina Tomalova (Czech Republic) 21-7 21-11 Chae Yoo Jung & Kim So Yeong [12] (Korea) defeated Ng Tsz Yau & Yeung Nga Ting (Hong Kong) 21-13 21-14
Hye Rin Kim & Yoo Hae Won [13] (Korea) defeated Xiao Min Lin & Wu Fang Chien (Chinese Taipei) 21-14 21-12
Bao Yixin & Yu Xiaohan [14] (China) defeated Sanjana Santosh & Arathi Sara Sunil (India) 21-14 21-15
Maiken Fruergaard & Sara Thygesen [15] (Denmark) defeated Emilie Lefel & Anne Tran (France) 19-21 21-14 21-11
Anastasia Chervyakova & Olga Morozova [16] (Russia) defeated Kristin Kuuba & Helina Rüütel (Estonia) 21-18 21-9

Important Results: Day 2

Men's Singles - Round 1


Brice Leverdez

UPSET: Brice Leverdez (France) defeated Lee Chong Wei [2] (Malaysia) 21-19 22-24 21-17
Viktor Axelsen [3] (Denmark) defeated Takuma Ueda (Japan) 17-21 21-6 21-13
Chen Long [5] (China) defeated Georges Julien Paul (Mauritius) 21-7 21-9
Chou Tien Chen [6] (Chinese Taipei) defeated Toby Penty (England) 21-13 10-21 21-14
Ng Ka Long Angus [9] (Hong Kong) defeated Maxime Moreels (Belgium) 21-9 21-12
Tian Houwei [10] (China) defeated Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (Denmark) 21-14 17-21 21-16
Ajay Jayaram [13] (India) defeated Luka Wraber (Austria) 21-14 21-12
B. Sai Praneeth [15] (India) defeated Wei Nan (Hong Kong) 21-18 21-17

Women's Singles - Round 2


P.V. Sindhu

Akane Yamaguchi [1] (Japan) defeated Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt (Denmark) 21-6 21-13
Pusarla V. Sindhu [4] (India) defeated Kim Hyo Min (Korea) 21-16 21-14
Sun Yu [5] (China) defeated Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky (Indonesia) 21-13 21-9
Ratchanok Intanon [8] (Thailand) defeated Rui Chen Yap (Malaysia) 21-12 21-7
Chen Yufei [9] (China) defeated Pai Yu Po (Chinese Taipei) 21-13 21-14
Cheung Ngan Yi [13] (Hong Kong) defeated Evgeniya Kosetskaya(Russia) 16-21 21-9 21-11
Chen Xiaoxin [14] (China) defeated Michelle Li (Canada) 21-13 27-25
Beatriz Corrales [15] (Spain) defeated Luise Heim (Germany) 21-16 21-19

Men's Doubles - Round 1

Hiroyuki Endo & Yuta Watanabe (Japan) defeated Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty (India) 21-8 21-12
Liao Min Chun & Cheng Heng Su (Chinese Taipei) defeated Arjun M.R. & Ramchandran Shlok (India) 21-14 19-21 21-14

Women's Doubles - Round 1

Ashwini Ponnappa & Reddy N. Sikki (India) defeated Ririn Amelia (Indonesia) & Anna Ching Yik Cheong (Malaysia) 21-15 21-13
Eefje Muskens & Selena Piek (Netherlands) defeated Jakkampudi Meghana & Poorvisha S Ram (India) 13-21 21-16 21-8

Mixed Doubles - Round 2

Zheng Siwei & Chen Qingchen [1] (China) defeated Oliver Schaller & Celine Burkart (Switzerland) 21-9 21-15
Lu Kai & Huang Yaqiong [2] (China) defeated Liao Min Chun & Chen Hsiao Huan (Chinese Taipei) 21-16 21-10
Tontowi Ahmad & Liliyana Natsir [3] (Indonesia) defeated Tseng Min Hao & Ling Fang Hu (Chinese Taipei) 21-13 21-11
Zhang Nan & Li Yinhui [4] (China) defeated Jacco Arends & Selena Piek (Netherlands) 21-16 19-21 21-17
Chris Adcock & Gabrielle Adcock [5] (England) defeated Bastian Kersaudy & Lea Palermo (France) 21-10 21-13
Joachim Fischer Nielsen & Christinna Pedersen [6] (Denmark) defeated Mark Lamsfuss & Isabel Herttrich (Germany) 21-12 21-8
Praveen Jordan & Debby Susanto [7] Indonesia defeated Lukhi Apri Nugroho & Ririn Amelia (Indonesia) 21-13 21-11
Tan Kian Meng & Lai Pei Jing [8] (Malaysia) defeated Ronan Labar & Audrey Fontaine France 21-18 21-10
Choi Solgyu & Chae Yoo Jung [9] (Korea) defeated Ben Lane & Jessica Pugh (England) 21-12 21-10
Lee Chun Hei Reginald & Chau Hoi Wah [10] (Hong Kong) defeated Ko-Chi Chang & Hsin Tien Chang (Chinese Taipei) 21-14 21-17
Kenta Kazuno & Ayane Kurihara[11] (Japan) defeated Nico Ruponen & Amanda Hogstrom (Sweden) 21-13 21-5
Wang Yilyu & Huang Dongping [13] (China) defeated B. Sumeeth Reddy & Ashwini Ponnappa (India) 21-17 18-21 21-5
Mathias Christiansen & Sara Thygesen [14] (Denmark) defeated Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Maneesha K (India) 22-20 21-18
Pranaav Jerry Chopra & Reddy N. Sikki [15] (India) defeated Yogendran Khrishnan (Malaysia) & Prajakta Sawant 21-12 21-19
UPSET: Sam Magee & Chloe Magee (Ireland) defeated Yuta Watanabe & Arisa Higashino [16] (Japan) 21-13 16-21 21-15

Important Results: Day 1

Men's Singles - Round 1


Kidambi Srikanth

Son Wan Ho [1] (Korea) defeated Kalle Koljonen (Finland) 21-14 21-16
Shi Yuqi [4] (China) defeated Scott Evans (Ireland) 23-21 22-20
Lin Dan [7] (China) defeated Kieran Merrilees (Scotland) 21-15 21-10
Kidambi Srikanth [8] (India) defeated Sergey Sirant (Russia) 21-13 21-12
Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk [11] (Thailand) defeated Nick Fransman 20-22 21-12 21-6
Wong Wing Ki Vincent [12] (Hong Kong) defeated Ahmed Salah (Egypt) 21-15 21-11
Anders Antonsen [14] (Denmark) defeated Fabian Roth (Germany) 21-16 21-16
Rajiv Ouseph [16] (England) defeated Adam Mendrek (Czech Republic) 21-15 21-13
Sameer Verma (India) defeated Pablo Abian (Spain) 21-8 17-4 Retired

Women's Singles - Round 1

Tanvi Lad
Tanvi Lad (India) defeated Chloe Birch (England) 17-21 21-10 21-19
Rituparna Das (India) defeated Airi Mikkela (Finland) 2-0 Retired

Men's Doubles - Round 1

Chung Eui Seok & Kim Dukyoung (Korea) defeated Manu Attri & B. Sumeeth Reddy (India) 22-20 21-11

Women's Doubles - Round 1

Sanjana Santosh & Arathi Sara Sunil (India) defeated Natalya Voytsekh & Yelyzaveta Zharka (Ukraine) 21-15 21-18

Mixed Doubles - Round 1

B. Sumeeth Reddy & Ashwini Ponnappa (India) walkover Sawan Serasinghe & Setyana Mapasa (Australia)
Yogendran Khrishnan (Malaysia) & Prajakta Sawant defeated Lu Ching Yao & Chiang Kai Hsin (Chinese Taipei) 21-15 13-21 21-18
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Maneesha K (India) defeated Tam Chun Hei & Ng Tsz Yau (Hong Kong) 24-22 21-17


Saturday, February 11, 2017

FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2017

WGM Tan Zhongyi is the new Women's World Chess Champion.

Finals


WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) 3.5-2.5

Semi-Finals


WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) 5-4
GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) 2-0

Quaterfinals


WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated GM Ju, Wenjun - China (2583) 1.5-0.5
GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) defeated GM Dzagnidze, Nana - Georgia (2525) 2.5-1.5
GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated GM Stefanova, Antoaneta - Bulgaria (2512) 1.5-0.5
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) defeated WGM Ni, Shiqun - China (2399) 1.5-0.5


Round 3


GM Ju, Wenjun - China (2583) defeated WGM Girya, Olga - Russia (2458) 3.5-2.5
WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated IM Padmini, Rout - India (2387) 3.5-2.5
GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) defeated IM Guramishvili, Sopiko - Georgia (2370) 3.5-2.5
GM Dzagnidze, Nana - Georgia (2525) defeated IM Shen, Yang - China (2479) 1.5-0.5
GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated IM Pham, Le Thao Nguyen - Vietnam (2351) 2-0
GM Stefanova, Antoaneta - Bulgaria (2512) defeated IM Khurtsidze, Nino - Georgia (2383) 1.5-0.5
GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) defeated GM Cramling, Pia - Sweden(2454) 4-2
WGM Ni, Shiqun - China (2399) defeated WGM Pogonina, Natalija - Russia (2487) 1.5-0.5


Round 2


GM Ju, Wenjun - China (2583) defeated GM Zhu, Chen - Qatar (2419) 1.5-0.5

WGM Girya, Olga - Russia (2458) defeated IM Bodnaruk, Anastasia - Russia (2463) 2-0

IM Padmini, Rout - India (2387) defeated GM Zhao, Xue - China (2505) 2.5-1.5

WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated GM Ushenina, Anna - Ukraine (2444) 4.5-4.5
(Zhongyi progresses due to Armageddon draw as black)

GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) defeated WGM Saduakassova, Dinara - Kazakhstan (2428) 2.5-1.5

IM Guramishvili, Sopiko - Georgia (2370) defeated WGM Buksa, Nataliya - Ukraine (2300) 4.5-3.5

GM Dzagnidze, Nana - Georgia (2525) defeated IM Zimina, Olga - Russia (2406) 2-0

IM Shen, Yang - China (2479) defeated IM Savina, Anastasia - Russia (2372) 1.5-0.5

GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated IM Kashlinskaya, Alina - Russia (2418) 1.5-0.5

IM Pham, Le Thao Nguyen - Vietnam (2351) defeated WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Russia (2466) 1.5-0.5

GM Stefanova, Antoaneta - Bulgaria (2512) defeated IM Melia, Salome - Georgia (2394)2.5-1.5

IM Khurtsidze, Nino - Georgia (2383) defeated IM Batsiashvili, Nino - Georgia (2492) 5-4

GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) defeated IM Gaponenko, Inna - Ukraine (2407) 2.5-1.5

GM Cramling, Pia - Sweden(2454) defeated IM Paehtz, Elisabeth - Germany (2468) v 3-1

WGM Ni, Shiqun - China (2399) defeated GM Gunina, Valentina - Russia(2524) 2-0

WGM Pogonina, Natalija - Russia (2487) defeated WGM Huang, Qian - China (2451) 3.5-2.5



Round 1


GM Ju, Wenjun - China (2583) defeated WIM Lane, Nancy L - Australia (1902) 2-0

GM Zhu, Chen - Qatar (2419) defeated IM Sukandar, Irine Kharisma - Indonesia (2421) 1.5-0.5

IM Bodnaruk, Anastasia - Russia (2463) defeated WGM Hejazipour, Mitra - Iran (2307) 5-4

WGM Girya, Olga - Russia (2458) W/O

GM Zhao, Xue - China (2505) defeated WIM Martinez, Ayelen - Argentina (2255) 3-1

IM Padmini, Rout - India (2387) defeated GM Danielian, Elina - Armenia (2444) 1.5-0.5

WGM Tan, Zhongyi - China (2502) defeated WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca - USA (2270) 1.5-0.5

GM Ushenina, Anna - Ukraine (2444) defeated IM Ziaziulkina, Nastassia - Belarus (2386) 1.5-0.5

GM Harika, Dronavalli - India (2539) defeated WIM Shamima, Akter Liza - Bangladesh (2077) 2.5-1.5

WGM Saduakassova, Dinara - Kazakhstan (2428) defeated IM Nechaeva, Marina - Russia (2406) 1.5-0.5

WGM Buksa, Nataliya - Ukraine (2300) defeated GM Hoang, Thanh Trang - Vietnam (2468) 2.5-1.5

IM Guramishvili, Sopiko - Georgia (2370) defeated IM Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat - Iran (2452) 3-1

GM Dzagnidze, Nana - Georgia (2525) defeated WGM Mona, Khaled - Egypt (2150) 4-2

IM Zimina, Olga - Russia (2406) defeated GM Khotenashvili, Bela - Georgia (2430) 3-1

IM Shen, Yang - China (2479) defeated WGM Arribas Robaina, Maritza -Cuba (2295) 3-1

IM Savina, Anastasia - Russia (2372) defeated GM Socko, Monika - Poland (2452) 2.5-1.5

GM Muzychuk, Anna - Ukraine (2558) defeated WIM Mezioud, Amina - Algeria (2055) 2-0

IM Kashlinskaya, Alina - Russia (2418) defeated WGM Cori T., Deysi - Peru (2422) 1.5-0.5

WGM Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Russia (2466) defeated WGM Zhai, Mo - China (2304) 1.5-0.5

IM Pham, Le Thao Nguyen - Vietnam (2351) defeated IM Javakhishvili, Lela - Georgia (2455) 1.5-0.5

GM Stefanova, Antoaneta - Bulgaria (2512) defeated WGM Marrero Lopez, Yaniet - Cuba (2255) 2-0

IM Melia, Salome - Georgia (2394) defeated IM Atalik, Ekaterina - Russia (2435) 2.5-1.5

IM Batsiashvili, Nino - Georgia (2492) defeated IM Gvetadze, Sofio - Georgia (2285) 2-0

IM Khurtsidze, Nino - Georgia (2383) defeated GM Zhukova, Natalia - Ukraine (2447) 1.5-0.5


GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Russia (2549) defeated WIM Latreche, Sabrina - Algeria (2057) 2-0

IM Gaponenko, Inna - Ukraine (2407) defeated IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina - Russia (2423) 1.5-0.5

IM Paehtz, Elisabeth - Germany (2468) defeated WGM Pourkashiyan, Atousa - Iran (2303) 1-5-0-5

GM Cramling, Pia - Sweden(2454) defeated WGM Nemcova, Katerina - Czech Republic (2359) 1.5-0.5

GM Gunina, Valentina - Russia(2524) defeated WIM Ni, Viktorija - USA(2199) 2-0

WGM Ni, Shiqun - China (2399) defeated IM Mkrtchian, Lilit - Armenia (2431) 1.5-0.5

WGM Pogonina, Natalija - Russia (2487) defeated FM Zhou, Qiyu - Canada (2287) 1.5-0.5

WGM Huang, Qian - China (2451) defeated IM Charochkina, Daria - Russia (2383) 3-1

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Davis Cup 2017

Final


France [6] defeated Belgium[7] 3-2

Played in Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France (Clay Outdoor)

1st singles: David Goffin (Belgium) defeated Lucas Pouille (France) 7-5 6-3 6-1
2nd Singles: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) defeated Steve Darcis (Belgium) 6-3 6-2 6-1
Doubles: Pierre Hugues Herbert & Richard Gasquet (France) defeated Ruben Bemelmans & Joris De Loore (Belgium) 6-1 3-6 7-6(2) 6-4
3rd Singles: David Goffin (Belgium) defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) 7-6(5) 6-3 6-2
4th Singles: Lucas Pouille (France) defeated Steve Darcis (Belgium) 6-3 6-1 6-0

Semifinal


Belgium[7] defeated Australia 3-2

Played in Palais 12, Brussels, Belgium (Clay Indoor)

1st singles: David Goffin (Belgium) defeated John Millman (Australia) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3 7-5
2nd Singles: Nick Kyrgios (Australia) defeated Steve Darcis (Belgium) 6-3 3-6 6-7(5) 6-1 6-2
Doubles: John Peers & Jordan Thompson (Australia) defeated Ruben Bemelmans & Arthur de Greef (Belgium) 6-3 6-4 6-0
3rd Singles: David Goffin (Belgium) defeated Nick Kyrgios (Australia) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-4 6-4
4th Singles: Steve Darcis (Belgium) defeated Jordan Thompson (Australia) 6-4 7-5 6-2

France [6] defeated Serbia [8] 3-1

Played in Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France (Clay Outdoor)

1st singles: Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) defeated Lucas Pouille (France) 6-1 3=6 7-6(7) 7-6(5)
2nd Singles: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) defeated Laslo Djere (Serbia) 7-6(2) 6-3 6-3
Doubles: Pierre Hugues Herbert & Nicolas Mahut (France) defeated Filip Krajinovic & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) 6-1 6-2 7-6(3)
3rd Singles: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) defeated Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) 2-6 6-2 7-6(5) 6-2
4th Singles:

Quaterfinal


Belgium[7] defeated Italy 3-2
Played in Charleroi, Belgium (Indoor Hard)

1st singles: Steve Darcis (Belgium) defeated Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 6-7(3-7) 6-1 6-1 7-6(7-4)
2nd Singles: David Goffin (Belgium) defeated Andreas Seppi (Italy) 6-4 6-3 6-3
Doubles: Andreas Seppi & Simone Bolelli (Italy) defeated Ruben Bemelmans & Joris De Loore (Belgium) 4-6 6-3 6-4 3-6 7-6(8-6)
3rd Singles: David Goffin (Belgium) defeated Paolo Lorenzi(Italy) 6-3 6-3 6-2
4th Singles: Alessandro Giannessi (Italy) defeated Joris De Loore (Belgium) 6-4 7-6(11-9)

Australia defeated United States 3-2
Played in Brisbane, Australia (Hard Court)

1st singles: Jordan Thomson (Australia) defeated Jack Sock (USA) 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 6-4
2nd Singles: Nick Kyrgios (Australia) defeated John Isner (USA) 7-5 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5)
Doubles: Steve Johnson & Jack Sock (USA) defeated Sam Groth & John Peers (Australia) 6-3 3-6 6-2 2-6 6-3
3rd Singles: Nick Kyrgios (Australia) defeated Sam Querrey (USA) 7-6 (7-4) 6-3 6-4
4th Singles: John Isner (USA) defeated Sam Groth (Australia) 7-6(7-5) 6-3

France [6] defeated Great Britain [3] 4-1
Played in Rouen, France (Indoor clay)

1st singles: Lucas Pouille (France) defeated Kyle Edmund (Great Britain) 7-5 7-6(8-6) 6-3
2nd Singles: Jeremy Chardy (France) defeated Dan Evans (Great Britain) 6-2 6-3 6-3
Doubles: Nicolas Mahut & Julien Benneteau (France) defeated Jamie Murray & Dominic Inglot (Great Britain) 7-6(9-7) 5-7 7-5 7-5
3rd Singles: Dan Evans(Great Britain) defeated Julien Benneteau (France) 6-1 6-2
4th Singles: Jeremy Chardy (France) defeated Kyle Edmund (Great Britain) 6-4 6-4

Serbia [8] defeated Spain 4-1
Played in Belgrade, Serbia (Indoor Hard)

1st singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-2
2nd Singles: Viktor Troicki (Serbia) defeated Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 6-3 6-4 6-3
Doubles: Viktor Troicki & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) defeated Pablo Carreno Busta & Marc Lopez (Spain) 4-6 7-6(7-4) 6-0 4-6 6-2
3rd Singles: Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) defeated Jaume Munar (Spain) 2-6 6-1 6-4
4th Singles: Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spain) defeated Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) 6-2 6-1

First Round


Italy defeated Argentina [1] 3-2
Played in Buenos Aires, Argentina (clay)


1st singles: Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) defeated Guido Pella (Argentina) 6-3 6-3 6-3
2nd Singles: Andreas Seppi (Italy) vs Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) 6-1 6-2 1-6 7-6 (6)
Doubles: Carlos Berlocq & Leonardo Mayer (Argentina) defeated Fabio Fogini & Simone Bolelli (Italy) 6-3 6-3 4-6 2-6 7-6(7)
3rd Singles: Carlos Berlocq (Argentina) defeated Paolo Lorenzi (Italy) 4-6 6-4 6-4 3-6 6-3
4th Singles: Fabio Fogini (Italy) defeated Guido Pella (Argentina) 2-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-2

Belgium [7] defeated Germany 4-1
Played in Frankfurt, Germany (indoor hard)




1st singles: Steve Darcis (Belgium) defeated Philip Kohlschreiber (Germany) 6-4 3-6 2-6 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
2nd Singles: Alexander Zverev (Germany) defeated Arthur De Greef(Belgium) 6-3 6-3 6-4
Doubles: Bemelmans & Joris De Loore (Belgium) defeated Alexander Zverev & Mischa Zverev Ruben (Germany) 6-3 7-6(4) 4-6 4-6 6-3
3rd Singles: Steve Darcis (Belgium) defeated Alexander Zverev (Germany) 2-6 6-4 6-4 7-6(8)
4th Singles: Ruben Bemelmans(Belgium) defeated Mischa Zverev(Germany) 7-5 6-1

Australia defeated Czech Republic [4] 4-1
Played in Kooyong, Australia (hard)


1st singles: Jordan Thompson (Australia) defeated Jiri Vesely(Czech Republic) 6-3 6-3 6-4
2nd Singles: Nick Kyrgios (Australia) defeated Jan Satral (Czech Republic) 6-2 6-3 6-2
Doubles: Sam Groth & John Peers (Australia) defeated Jan Satral & Jiri Vesely (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-2 6-2
3rd Singles: Jiri Vesely(Czech Republic) defeated Sam Groth(Australia) 3-6 7-5 6-3
4th Singles: Jordan Thompson (Australia) defeated Jan Satral (Czech Republic) 7-6(5) 6-2

United States defeated Switzerland [5] 5-0
Played in Birmingham, United States (indoor hard)


1st singles: Jack Sock (USA) defeated Marco Chiudinelli (Switzerland) 6-4 6-3 6-1
2nd Singles: John Isner (USA) defeated Henri Laasonen (Switzerland) 4-6 6-2 6-2 7-6(1)
Doubles: Steve Johnson & Jack Sock (USA) defeated Adrien Bossel & Henri Laasonen (Switzerland) 7-6(3) 6-3 7-6(5)
3rd Singles: Sam Querrey (USA) defeated Adrien Bossel(Switzerland) 6-3 7-5
4th Singles: Steve Johnson (USA) defeated Antoine Bellier (Switzerland) 6-4 6-3

France [6] defeated Japan 4-1
Played in Tokyo, Japan (indoor hard)



1st singles: Richard Gasquet (France) defeated Taro Daniel (Japan) 6-2 6-3 6-2
2nd Singles: Gilles Simon (France) defeated Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) 6-3 6-3 6-4
Doubles: Nicolas Mahut & Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) defeated Yūichi Sugita & Yasutaka Uchiyama (Japan) 6-3 6-4 6-3
3rd Singles: Nicolas Mahut(France) defeated Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) 6-1 1-1 Retd.
4th Singles: Yasutaka Uchiyama (Japan) defeated Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) 6-4 6-4

Great Britain [3] defeated Canada 3-2
Played in Ottawa, Canada (indoor hard)



1st singles: Daniel Evans (Great Britain) defeated Denis Shapovalov (Canada) 6-3 6-3 6-4
2nd Singles: Vasek Pospisil (Canada) defeated Kyle Edmund (Great Britain) 6-4 6-1 7-6(3)
Doubles: Dominic Inglot & Jamie Murray (Great Britain) defeated Daniel Nestor & Vasek Pospisil (Canada) 7-6(1) 6-7(3) 7-6(3) 6-3
3rd Singles: Vasek Pospisil (Canada) defeated Daniel Evans (Great Britain) 7-6(3) 6-4 3-6 7-6(5)
4th Singles: Kyle Edmund (Great Britain) defeated Denis Shapovalov (Canada) 6-3 6-4 2-1 (Retd.)

Serbia [8] defeated Russia 4-1
Played in Niš, Serbia (indoor hard)



1st singles: Victor Troicki (Serbia) defeated Karen Khachanov (Russia) 6-4 6-7(3) 6-3 1-6 7-6(6)
2nd Singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Daniil Medvedev (Russia) 3-6 6-4 6-1 1-0 Retd.
Doubles: Viktor Troicki & Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) defeated Konstantin Kravchuk & Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3 7-6(3) 6-7(5) 6-4
3rd Singles: Dusan Lajovic (Serbia) defeats Konstantin Kravchuk (Russia) 6-34-6 10-2
4th Singles: Russia WO Serbia

Spain defeated Croatia [2] 3-2
Played in Osijek, Croatia (indoor hard)


1st singles: Franko Skugor (Croatia) defeated Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) 3-6 6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6(6)
2nd Singles: Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) defeated Ante Pavić (Croatia) 6-4 6-2 6-3
Doubles: Marin Draganja & Nikola Mektic (Croatia) defeated Feliciano Lopez & Marc Lopez (Spain) 6-7(6) 7-6(7) 7-6(5) 2-6 6-4
3rd Singles: Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) defeated Franko Skugor (Croatia) 6-1 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(6)
4th Singles: Pablo Carreno Busta (Spain) defeated Nikola Mektic (Croatia) 7-6(4) 6-1 6-4

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