Wednesday, August 28, 2013

IBL 2013: The highs and lows of the league stage

The league stage of the inaugural edition of the cash-rich Indian Badminton League got over on Tuesday. The 14-days of action received a heart-warming response from the badminton lovers as most stadiums were filled to near capacity and were treated to some really high quality badminton.



Firstpost takes a look at some of the highlights of the league stage:



Saina proves that she is THE queen of Indian badminton



The IBL started with the talk of whether world badminton championship bronze medallist PV Sindhu can upstage Saina in their first competitive clash on the second day of the tournament. Saina not just resoundingly beat the youngster, she provided a master class to all her opponents by maintaining an all-win record in the league stage.



Sindhu on the other hand suffered a reversal even against Carolina Marin of Banga Beats and was pushed to the wall by Arundhati Pantawane of Krrish Delhi Smashers.



Saina not just resoundingly beat the youngster, she provided a master class to all her opponents.

Among the other icon players, Lee Chong Wei remained unbeaten in the three singles matches and one doubles match he played, while

P Kashyap was definitely below par and lost three of his five matches.



Apart from Saina, only the men's doubles combination of Kien Keat Koo and Tan Boon Hoeng went unbeaten throughout the league stage.
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