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Mumbai: Mumbai Rockets got the better of Saina Nehwal-less Awadhe Warriors 2-1 defeat in the opening Premier Badminton League (PBL) clash here on Saturday.<\/p>\nMumbai: Mumbai Rockets got the better of Saina Nehwal-less Awadhe Warriors 2-1 defeat in the opening Premier Badminton League (PBL) clash here on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Warriors lost the first three matches – including their trump match in men’s doubles – to squander any chances of a late victory charge. Later, they went on to win the inconsequential fourth match, when Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk defeated India’s H S Prannoy of Rockets in three games.<\/p>\n
The tie began with men’s singles match where Mumbai’s Gurusai Dutt defeated Sai Praneeth 14-15, 15-10, 15-8.<\/p>\n
Thereafter, they won the men’s doubles as Mathias Boe and Vladimir Ivanov beat Warriors pair of Cai Yun and Hendra Gunawan15-11, 15-11 in straight sets. Being a trump game, with the loss, Awadhe lost (-1) points. With two consecutive wins, Mumbai took a healthy 2-0 lead in the tie.<\/p>\n
The hosts made it 3-0 when Ruthvika Gadde won the battle of upcoming players when she beat G. Vrushali 15-13, 15-10, which sealed the Warriors’ fate in the tie.<\/p>\n
Later, Warriors’ Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand upset the Rockets’ plan of gaining an extra point with a win in their trump game by beating H S Prannoy 15-12 14-15 15-14, a result which made it 2-0 on points for Mumbai. The last mixed doubles match was won by Awadhe Warriors when Bodin Issara and Christinna Pedersen got the better of Mumbai’s Kamilla Juhl and Vladimir Ivanov 15-9 14-15 15-14, but it was too late by then.<\/p>\n
Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n Mens singles:<\/strong> R M V Gurusaidutt (Mumbai Rockets) bt B Sai Praneeth (Awadhe Warriors) 14-15 15-10 15-8.<\/p>\n Men’s doubles (Trump for Warriors):<\/strong> Mathias Boe\/Vladirmir Ivanov (MR) bt Cai Yun\/Hendra Gunawan (AW) 15-11 15-11.<\/p>\n Women’s singles:<\/strong> Ruthvika Gudde (MR) bt G Vrushali (AW) 15-13 15-10.<\/p>\n Men’s singles:<\/strong> H S Prannoy (MR) lost to S Tanongsak (AW) 12-15 15-14 14-15.<\/p>\n Mixed doubles:<\/strong> V Ivanov\/Kamilla Juhl (MR) lost to Bodin Issara\/Christina Pedersen (AW) 9-15 15-14 14-15.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Warriors lost the first three matches – including their trump match in men’s doubles – to squander any chances of a late victory charge. Later, they went on to win the inconsequential fourth match, when Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk defeated India’s H S Prannoy of Rockets in three games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[11264,1892,8612,466,2548,13104,12766,9931,925,10037],"class_list":["post-24967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-badminton-badminton","tag-badminton-news","tag-gurusai-dutt","tag-h-s-prannoy","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-isn","tag-mumbai-rockets-vs-awadhe-warriors","tag-premier-badminton-league-pbl","tag-sai-praneeth","tag-saina-nehwal","tag-tanongsak-saensomboonsuk"],"yoast_head":"\nMumbai: Mumbai Rockets got the better of Saina Nehwal-less Awadhe Warriors 2-1 defeat in the opening Premier Badminton League (PBL) clash here on Saturday.<\/p>\n