Badminton News -
At $125K Yonex-Sunrise Badminton Asia Championships 2008, Malaysia

[Q1] Akshay Devalkar (IND)/ Shruti S Kurian (IND) bye
[Q1] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Cao Hieu Pham (VIE)/ Thi Trang (B) Vu (VIE) 21-15 21-9

[Q2] Akshay Devalkar (IND)/ Shruti S Kurian (IND) bt Balaram Thapa (NEP)/ Sumina Shrestha (NEP) 18-21 21-9 22-20
[Q2] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Oleg Savatugin (UZB)/ Anna Smirnova (UZB) W/O

[Q3] Akshay Devalkar (IND)/ Shruti S Kurian (IND) l Chun Yiu Leung (HKG)/ Kwan Yi Mong (HKG) 20-22 17-21
[Q3] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) bt Wai Ho Hui (HKG)/ Wai Chee Koon (HKG) 21-16 21-12

Maindraw -
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,47) vs Hiroyuki Endo (JPN,104)
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,68) vs (10) Simon Santoso (INA,15)
[R1] P Kashyap (IND,95) vs Yi Lu (CHN,27)
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND,24) vs (7) Sung Hwan Park (KOR,12)

[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,27) vs Julia Pei Xian Wong (MAS,29)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,73) vs (3) Pui Yin Yip (HKG,12)
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,50) vs Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,88)

[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (4) Alvent Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Luluk Hadiyanto (INA)
[R1] Akshay Devalkar (IND)/ Diju V. (IND) vs Noubani Ehad Nidal (JOR)/ Mohd Naser Mansour Nayef (JOR)

[R1] Jwala P Gutta (IND)/ Shruti S Kurian (IND) vs Fan Frances Liu (SIN)/ Yu Yan Vanessa Neo (SIN)

[R1] (Q) Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala P Gutta (IND) vs (7) Sang Hoon Han (KOR)/ Yu Mi Hwang (KOR)
In singles Chetan and Trupti having easier draw ... Otherwise our players facing difficult matches ... Good to see Jwala and Diji qualified for MXD maindraw.