Badminton News -

Our Men and Women teams r participating in major Asian tournaments started with Philippines Open ... Saina Nehwal created history to become the first Indian woman to won a four star tournament.

Men's Team - Chetan Anand, Anup Sridhar, Arvind Bhatt, Sanave Thomas, Anand Pawar, Rupesh Kumar, V Diju Jaseel Ismail, P Kashyap and Rohan Castelino

Women's Team - Saina Nehwal, Aditi Mutatkar, Sayali Gokhale and Ruth Misa

Philippines Open badminton championship
Women - Singles -
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,86) bt Sutheaswari Mudukasan (MAL,31) 21-16 21-19
[R1] Sayali Gokhale (IND,?) bt Ana Rice (CAN,29) 16-21 22-20 21-16
[R1] Ruth Misa (IND) l Anita Raj Kaur (MAL) 15-21 14-21
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar l (5) Julia Xian Pei Wong (MAL) 13-21 11-21

[PQF] Saina Nehwal (IND) bt Imai Sachiyo (JPN) 21-15 21-14
[PQF] Sayali Gokhale (IND) l Ai Goto (JPN) 14-21 13-21

[QF] Saina Nehwal (IND,86) bt (1) Xu Huaiwen (GER,4) 12-21 21-17 21-17

[SF] Saina Nehwal (IND) bt Ai Goto (JPN) 21-19 20-22 21-14

[F] Saina Nehwal (IND) bt (5) Pei Xian Julia Wong (MAS) 21-15 22-20

Doubles -
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND)/Sayali Gokhale (IND) l Yasuyo Imabeppu (JPN)/Imai Sachiyo (JPN) 8-21 9-21
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND)/Ruth Misa (IND) l Lim Siah Pek (MAL)/Joanna Swe Ling (MAL) 17-21 12-21

Men - Singles -
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND) bt Jun Takemura (JPN) 21-19 21-13
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND) bt Rodel Bartolome (PHI) -21 21-8 22-20
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND) bt Chung Wei Pei (MAL) 22-20 21-17
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND) bt Arolas Amahit Jr (PHI) 23-25 21-14 21-8
[R1] P Kashyap (IND) bt Alfredo Mailon (PHI) 21-13 21-12
[R1] Rohan Castelino (IND) l Poompat Sapkulchananart (THA) 5-21 14-21

[R2] Chetan Anand (IND) bt Ismail Saman (MAL) 19-21 21-7 21-17
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND) bt Junio Jamie (PHI) 21-3 21-4
[R2] Anup Sridhar (IND) l Lee Yen Hui Kendrick (SIN) 22-20 19-21 19-21
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND) l (3) Boonsak Ponsana (THA) 15-21 20-22
[R2] P Kashyap (IND) l Beng Hong Kuan (MAL) 11-21 16-21

[PQF] Chetan Anand (IND) l M. Roslin Hashim (MAL) 9-21 21-18 15-21
[PQF] Arvind Bhat (IND) l Wei Ng (HKG) 13-21 11-21

Doubles -
[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bye

[PQF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Anukritayawan Songpol (THA)/ Nakatong Nattapon (THA) 21-17 21-18

[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Hendra A GUNAWAN (INA) /Joko RIYADI (INA) 9-21 21-12 11-21