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Indias Sameer Verma entered the final of the Hong Kong Open in style after registering a 21-19, 24-22 win over third-seeded Jan O Jorgensen on Saturday. Custom Toronto Blue Jays Jerseys . The match lasted 46 minutes.This is the first time Verma, 22, has made it to the final of a Superseries event. He will take on Hong Kongs NG Ka Long Angus on Sunday in the third match on Coliseum 1, where play starts at 11.30 am IST.Verma started well and controlled the game from the front of the court and surged to an 8-4 lead. But he then struggled with his smashes and allowed Jorgensen to level the score at 10-10.The first game remained a tight affair till the end with Verma having to show great retrieving skills to keep up with the player from Denmark. Verma had three game points after he opened up a 20-17 lead. He managed to close the game 21-19 when Jorgensen hit a shuttle long. The game lasted 21 minutes.Jorgensen raced ahead in the second game with a flurry of smashes from the back of the court to lead 7-1. He led 11-5 at the changeover.But there was a shift in momentum soon after as Verma won eight of the next nine points to lead 13-12. Jorgensen dug deep and brought all his experience into play by forcing Verma to go for the sidelines, securing three game points while leading 20-17.However, Verma won the next four points to secure a match point. He eventually won the match on his second match-point opportunity, winning the second game 24-22 in 24 minutes.Verma, who is currently ranked 43rd in the world, was playing in the semi-final of a Superseries event for the first time. He had beaten Malaysias Chong Wei Feng 21-17, 23-21 in the quarterfinals.?He had qualified for the main draw after Jonathan Christie pulled out with an injury just before the tournament.Verma had also made the semi-finals at the Bitburger Open, which was his best performance this year till now. He also won the Senior National Championships in April this year.World No. 3 Jorgensen, who had won the China Open last week, had never faced Verma before. Toronto Blue Jays Store . "Theyve both been real good," said Babcock. "Havent changed our minds." A decision has seemingly been made - Sundays Group B-deciding tilt against Finland ahead - but it could not have been an easy one. Price opened the tournament with a sturdy 19-save performance against the Norwegians, yielding just one goal. Toronto Blue Jays Gear . -- Devin Hester is done returning kicks in Chicago. https://www.cheapbluejays.com/ . Now tied for second in the league in shootout goals, the 24-year-old likes to see what the opposing goaltender has in store before he ultimately lands on a move. The central figures in Parramattas systemic cheating of the salary cap have hurt rugby leagues reputation, NRL chief executive Todd Greenberg says.Five Parramatta officials have been banned from the game in the wake of the Eels rorting the NRL salary cap.They include chairman Steve Sharp, a premiership-winning player for the club during a 167-game career for the Eels.As well as deregistering the five officials, Parramatta will lose 12 competition points and have been fined $1 million for salary cap breaches dating back to the 2013 NRL season.These five officials have damaged the game, Greenberg said during a media conference to confirm the NRLs penalties would stand.They have damaged the club and theyve let their fans down.Let me say this is not an easy call to make, especially for someone like Steve Sharp.Greenberg said the NRL would now take a closer interest in the operations of the Parramatta club.The NRL has deliberately decided not to intervene in the affairs of the club while this investigation has been under way but that changes now, he said.We want to see a sstrong board and we will do all we can to facilitate that. Wholesale Blue Jays Jerseys. We will be calling on the board, and working with the members, to install a management team which sets the club on the right path for the future.Deputy chairman Tom Issa, club director Peter Serrao, chief executive John Boulous and football manager Daniel Anderson have also had their registrations cancelled.The overall impression that I got from the responses is that no one at the club has taken responsibility for the deliberate, systemic and blatant breaches of the salary cap, Greenberg said.... we have to take a strong stand to preserve the integrity of the salary cap and the competition.Parramatta moved into the NRL top four on Friday night with a come-from-behind win over the Sydney Roosters.But Saturdays decision leaves the Eels in 12th place on the premiership table with 12 competition points and they are now all but out of contention for this years finals series. ' ' '