Li Ning China Masters 2011 - Day 3 results

Saina Nehwal survived a huge scare in Round 2 where she had to spend almost an hour and a quarter to overcome Ayane Kurihara of Japan 21-11 18-21 27-25. She now faces an acid test in the next round where she faces the top seed Yihan Wang of China.

Kashyap Parupalli had a tough Round 2 and as expected lost to Peter Hoeg Gade, who is the 2nd seed here.

Diju V. and Jwala Gutta have also made it into the Quarterfinals. On route they demolished Tao Jiaming and Qing Tian who were the 2nd seeds!

Yonex BWF World Championships 2011 - Semifinal Predictions

An off color Saina Nehwal lost in the quarterfinals to Wang Xin of China. Saina didn't look comfortable at all and surrendered rather meekly. An unfortunate result for India as Saina was looking good till this match and a lot was expected of her.

Anyway, lets move on. Here are my predictions for the Semifinals today -

Xin WANG [3] - Yihan WANG [2]

Chong Wei LEE [1] - Jin CHEN [6]

Shao Chieh CHENG [7] - Juliane SCHENK [9]

Qing TIAN/Yunlei ZHAO [5] - Jwala GUTTA/Ashwini PONNAPPA

Peter Hoeg GADE [3] - Dan LIN [2]