BENGALURU: Sai Praneeth sealed the semi-final berth for Bangalore Raptors as his win enabled the house workforce to defeat Chennai Smashers 3-2 in the Premier Badminton League on Thursday.
While the Raptors were drawn to stand the Awadhe Warriors on the first day of the semi-finals, protecting champions Hyderabad Hunters will take on two-time runners-up Mumbai Rockets in the second semi-final on Saturday.
Bangalore lost their first match but roared again into the rivalry via profitable Chennai's trump match, which dashed visitors' semifinals hopes as getting six points from the tie changed into inconceivable.
After dropping the primary match, Bangalore got here again strongly as Praneeth beat veteran Parupalli Kashyap 15-11, 15-12.
Earlier, the hosts were off to a dreadful start when Chennai's doubles pair of Chris Adcock and Chin Chung Or beat Bangalore's Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, who're former doubles international champions.
Chennai won 14-15, 15-9 and 15-11 after Chris smashed into Setiawan's body for the final point.
Maintaining his profitable streak on this edition, Bangalore's Kidambi Srikanth won the third and the workforce's trump match towards Chong Wei Feng 15-10, 15-10 giving his workforce a 2-1 lead.
Spectators witnessed a high-level contest in the fourth match as Vu Thi lost to Chennai's JH Sung 10-15, 15-14 and 10-15.
In the closing match of the tie, the husband-wife pair of Chris and Gabrielle Adcock defeated Bangalore's Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith 8-15, 15-10, 15-Four.
Chennai were already out of rivalry for semifinal berth, but Chris didn't give up and made Bangalore pair to sweat it out for each point. Chennai won the decider easily.
While the Raptors were drawn to stand the Awadhe Warriors on the first day of the semi-finals, protecting champions Hyderabad Hunters will take on two-time runners-up Mumbai Rockets in the second semi-final on Saturday.
Bangalore lost their first match but roared again into the rivalry via profitable Chennai's trump match, which dashed visitors' semifinals hopes as getting six points from the tie changed into inconceivable.
After dropping the primary match, Bangalore got here again strongly as Praneeth beat veteran Parupalli Kashyap 15-11, 15-12.
Earlier, the hosts were off to a dreadful start when Chennai's doubles pair of Chris Adcock and Chin Chung Or beat Bangalore's Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan, who're former doubles international champions.
Chennai won 14-15, 15-9 and 15-11 after Chris smashed into Setiawan's body for the final point.
Maintaining his profitable streak on this edition, Bangalore's Kidambi Srikanth won the third and the workforce's trump match towards Chong Wei Feng 15-10, 15-10 giving his workforce a 2-1 lead.
Spectators witnessed a high-level contest in the fourth match as Vu Thi lost to Chennai's JH Sung 10-15, 15-14 and 10-15.
In the closing match of the tie, the husband-wife pair of Chris and Gabrielle Adcock defeated Bangalore's Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith 8-15, 15-10, 15-Four.
Chennai were already out of rivalry for semifinal berth, but Chris didn't give up and made Bangalore pair to sweat it out for each point. Chennai won the decider easily.
Bangalore Raptors beat Chennai Smashers, enter PBL semifinals
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January 11, 2019
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