The audience was served up a treat when the semi-finals took place at the All-England Open Badminton Championships 2013 yesterday. In the most mouthwatering “dishes”, two Indonesian pairs Ahmad/Natsir and Kido/Zebadiah fought it out in the mixed doubles and Tine Baun/ Sung Ji Hyun put on an exciting show in the women’s singles semi-finals. In the end Ahmad/Natsir went through to the final 18-21,21-15,21-19 after a hard fought match;
Tine Baun also overcame
Sung Ji Hyun 21-19 in the deciding game of a fiercely-contested clash that
Sung Ji Hyun could also have won
In their mixed doubles semi-final Ahmad/Natsir dropped the first game, but the experienced pair stood firm under the pressure and proceeded to take the next two games to send Kido/Zebadiah packing. They may be reigning Al-England mixed doubles champions but Ahmad/Natsir can’t rest on their laurels in the slightest in their next match because they will go head to head with China’s formidable Zhang Nan/Zhao Yun Lei, the gold medalists at last year’s Olympics.........
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