YONEX-SUNRISE BWF WORLD SUPER SERIES 2009 - Diju-Jwala storm into final

The Indians capitalised on a below-par performance from the Polish to seal their place in the final with an emphatic 21-19, 21-11 win and will take on Denmark’s Joachim Fischer Nielsen-Christinna Pedersen in the final.

First on court, both pairs started off erratically with the match riddled with many unforced errors. However, the Indians settled down faster and showed greater composure to win in 30 minutes.

“Nobody really gave us chance of coming this far in the tournament, let alone qualify for the final but we did it,” said Jwala.

“In fact, even we were sceptical of reaching the last four as I’ve not been training for the past 2 ½ weeks due to a viral infection.

“I was forced to rest and I wasn’t sure of coping with the schedule. But as the tournament progressed, our performance has also improved and we have nothing to lose in the final.”

And what about the US$42,000 winners purse?

“Frankly speaking, we are not thinking about the money. Winning the title is very important to us and having qualified for the final, that is our aim,” added Jwala.

Fischer-Christinna were in their element to stop England’s Anthony Clark-Donna Kellogg 21-13, 21-17.

There was more joy for the Danes in the women’s doubles when Kamilla Rytter Juhl-Lena Frier Kristiansen when they survived a tough three-game encounter against Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Wen Hsing-Chien Yu Chin to win 21-17, 10-21, 21-16 to ensure their place in the final.

Showing greater hunger for victory, the Danes combined a great game of attacking and defence to nullify the attacking play from Wen Hsing-Yu Chin.

“It is a great victory for us and a great opportunity to finish the year on a high note,” said Kamilla.

“We were worried of their attack but we were strong in our defence and that helped.”

On the possibility of playing Malaysia’s Chin Eei Hui-Wong Pei Tty again in the final, Lena said: “We definitely want to exact revenge on our loss in the preliminary stage of the Finals. Obviously, we know more of their game now and will be better prepared should we play them in the final.”

“All I can say to them (Eei Hui-Pei Tty) is they have to be stronger in the final if they want to beat us.”

In the women’s singles, Malaysia’s Wong Mew Choo gave the home fans something to cheer when she beat Netherlands’ Yao Jie 21-10, 21-10 to confirm her place in the final.

Mew Choo relied on her solid all round game, sending Yao Jie scurrying to all four corners of the court to retrieve the shuttle.

Mew Choo will play the winner of the semi-final between India’s Saina Nehwal and Germany’s Juliane Schenk which will be played later in the evening.

In the men’s singles, Park Sung Hwan beat China's Bao Chunlai 21-14, 21-14 to qiualify for the final.