{"id":3786,"date":"2017-12-25T17:58:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T12:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.smartworld.asia\/?p=3786"},"modified":"2017-12-25T17:58:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-25T12:28:32","slug":"carolina-marin-gives-hyderabad-hunters-winning-start-premier-badminton-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/carolina-marin-gives-hyderabad-hunters-winning-start-premier-badminton-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Marin gives Hyderabad Hunters winning start : Premier Badminton League"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Carolina Marin gave Hyderabad Hunters the perfect start in the Premier Badminton League as they took an unassailable 3-0 lead against North East Warriors.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3790\" src=\"https:\/\/sports.smartworld.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/badminton-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"badminton\" width=\"651\" height=\"434\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/badminton-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/badminton.jpg 584w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>Hyderabad Hunters got off to a bright start in the Premier Badminton League as they beat North East Warriors in their campaign opener.<\/p>\n<p>The Hunters have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match tie at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.<\/p>\n<p>They won their men\u2019s doubles, men\u2019s singles and women\u2019s singles matches.The North East Warriors, supported by a large number of vociferous fans, took the first two matches to the distance but failed to deliver the knockout blow.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters\u2019 star player Carolina Marin justified her World No. 3 billing by defeating Michelle Li 15-9, 15-11. It was a significant victory as the Hunters had listed it as their Trump match, fetching them two points.<\/p>\n<p>After three matches, they had garnered four points while the Warriors were yet to open their account.<br \/>\nThe South Korean duo put up a gallant fight but the experience of Indonesian Kido and Korean Seong stood out in a tense finish. Lee Hyun Il then caused an upset by defeating Ajay Jayaram 15-13, 11-15, 15-6 in the men\u2019s singles.<\/p>\n<p>Jayaram, who held a 3-0 advantage against the Korean in their earlier meetings, appeared to justify it by racing to a 6-0 lead in the first game.<\/p>\n<p>But Lee Hyun clawed his way back to turn the tables on him 15-13. Although the Indian bounced back in the second and took the contest to the third game, Lee Hyun closed out the match with a dominant display.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carolina Marin gave Hyderabad Hunters the perfect start in the Premier Badminton League as they took an unassailable 3-0 lead against North East Warriors. Hyderabad Hunters got off to a bright start in the Premier Badminton League as they beat North East Warriors in their campaign opener. The Hunters have taken an unassailable 3-0 lead &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"two_page_speed":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1360],"tags":[5409],"class_list":["post-3786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-badminton-news","tag-north-east-warriors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartzworld.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}