CHENNAI: It was a topsy-turvy Thursday at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, the venue of the
Premier League Badminton
tournament. Fortunes fluctuated and it was left to
Subhankar Dey
to win the tie for
Awadhe Warriors
.
The Indian beat
Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk
of NorthEastern Warriors15-9,15-13 after the match was tied 3-3. Subhankar's game was a mix of power and composure that helped him win the crucial points to wrap up the tie 4-3.
There was a time when it seemed that NE Warriors will run away with it when World No. 18 Lee Cheuk Yiu made a terrific comeback to beat World No. No. 40 Wong Wing Vincent13-15,15-10,15-11in their designated trump match. It became 3-1for the NE team when in the women's singles match, World No. 8 Michelle Li blew away World No. 14
Beiwen Zhang
15-13, 15-14. Li, who became the first Canadian woman shuttler to win the gold in Glasgow Commonwealth Games, looked determined and didn't allow Zhang much room to create pressure.
Earlier, NE Warriors' Lee Cheuk brought all his class into play when he beat Vincent.
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