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Mumbai will hope to be third time lucky in the final on Sunday after losses to the Delhi Acers and the Chennai Smashers in the first two seasons.
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The Pune charge was led by Russia's Vladimir Ivanov and Denmark's Line Kjaersfeldt -- each of whom brought home a couple of wins to help the Season 4 debutants get their first ever victory.
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The North Eastern Warriors, who had lost their opening tie against Ahmedabad Smash Masters 1-4, needed a win to get their campaign on track and they sealed the win by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead.
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Defending champions Chennai Smashers clinched their maiden win of the third season of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) after beating Mumbai Rockets 4-3 in the opener of the Delhi leg of Rs 6 crore PBL at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here on Wednesday.
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Sameer outplayed the Dashers's trump player Vincent 15-11, 15-11 to not only fetch the additional point for his team but also push the Delhi team into negative territory.
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Chennai and Mumbai won their respective Trump matches, but it came down to the two men's singles match to decide the fate of the tie.
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Saina Nehwal's Awadhe Warriors were the first to qualify for the knockout stage and Chennai Smashers and Mumbai Rockets also had joined them in the semi-finals.
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In the inconsequential fifth match, Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu won 11-8 12-10 against Sung Ji Hyun.
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Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal got her rhythm back, won her high profile clash against Sung Ji Hyun of Mumbai Rockets
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The narrow victory pushed the Rockets to the top of the league table after their crushing 6-0 victory over defending champions Delhi Acers last night.
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The victory also boosted the Rockets to the second place on the table with a 6-0 points advantage behind Chennai Smashers.
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Delhi Acers had a thrilling win in front of fans at home against Mumbai.
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The Mumbai side would now take on the Delhi Acers in the Summit Clash at the Siri Forts Sports Complex in the Capital on Sunday.
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The Acers exacted revenge for their 3-4 loss to the Chennai-based team in the league phase and won the crucial semifinal to put one hand on the PBL trophy.
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In the first semifinal on Thursday, the Acers will take on the Smashers while the Warriors will face Rockets in the second last-four clash on Friday.
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Gurusaidutt defeated Hyderabad's Siril Varma to give 2 points to his side in a Trump match.
The Smashers had earlier defeated Mumbai Rockets 3-2 in their opening tie two days ago.
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Even before the disappointment of the late pull-out from the tie by Saina, the Warriors had lost the first three matches - including their trump match in men's doubles.
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The World No. 2, who was bought by Awadhe Warriors for a whopping USD 100,000, said she had suffered a serious foot injury.
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The league comprises of six teams with players representing from Asia and Europe besides India.
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