Badminton World Championship: Live Updates

Aug 09, 2013

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Saina Nehwal knocked out of World Championship. She lost to Bae Yeon Jeo of South Korea-21-23,9-2.
Kashyap leading 7-4 in the deciding game.
Saina trails 5-6 in second game against the World No. 16.
Kashyap fights back but not enough to win, Du Pengyu takes the match into third game after one game apiece.
Saina loses first game 21-23 to Bae.
Kashyap trailing 4-11 in second.
Saina ahead by 9-4 in the first game.
Meanwhile Saina Nehwal getting ready for her quarter-final match.
Kashyap seals first game 21-16. Great going for the Indian. If he wins the next game, India will get their first-ever singles medal in World Badminton Championship history.
Parupalli Kashyap, first Indian in the tournament getting ready to book a place in the last-4. Kashyap takes on Du Pengyu of China
Women's Singles quarter final: World No.1 and top seed Li Xuerui scores a 27-25 21-13 win over sixth seed and World No.7 Tai Tzu-Ying of Taipei to enter last-4.
Men's Singles quarter final: World No. Lin Dan beats second seed and current World No.2 Long Chen 21-13 22-20 to march into the semis.
Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap have reached the quarter finals of the Badminton World Championship and would be looking to reach the last four and keep India's medal hopes alive.

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