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At $15K Yonex Belgian International 2008, Berchem

[R1] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,32) bt Sven Eric Kastens (GER,112) 21-8 21-12
[R1] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,42) bt (Q) Harry Wright (GBR,343) 21-16 18-21 21-19
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,78) bt Sune Gavnholt (DEN,121) 25-23 21-15

[R2] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,32) bt Marcel Reuter (GER,138) 21-11 17-21 21-11
[R2] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,42) bt Martin Bille Larsen (DEN,83) 19-21 21-15 21-11
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,78) bt Pavel Florian (CZE,109) 21-10 21-14

[QF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,32) bt Brice Leverdez (FRA,90) 21-11 21-18
[QF] (5) Arvind Bhat (IND,42) l Dieter Domke (GER,117) 22-20 18-21 12-21
[QF] Anand Pawar (IND,78) bt (3) Petr Koukal (CZE,39) 24-22 21-10

[SF] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,32) bt Anand Pawar (IND,78) 21-16 16-21 22-20

[Final] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,32) l (1) Kenichi Tago (JPN,31) 16-21 21-15 19-21

Reaching final here helped Chetan to again grab top Indian men's shuttler position ... Anand also played well to upset top-40 player.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand

Womens Singles -
[R1] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) bt Poh-Lin Teo (NZL,UNR) 21-5 21-8
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt Clare Chapple (NZL,323) 21-5 21-12

[R2] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) bt Melissa Yin (NZL,UNR) 21-8 21-4
[R2] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt Melissa Leviana (NZL,369) 21-16 21-8

[QF] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) l Chie Umezu (JPN,145) 12-21 9-21
[QF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt Misaki Matsutomo (JPN,247) 21-16 21-13

[SF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) l Ayaka Takahashi (JPN,247) 13-21 10-21

Mens Singles -
[R1] (1) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Praveen Tayalan (NZL,438) 21-8 21-15
[R1] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt Te Ao Kura Van Selm (NZL,UNR) 21-17 21-9
[R1] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) bt Luke Charlesworth (NZL,UNR) W/O

[R2] (1) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Brent Miller (NZL,UNR) 21-4 21-10
[R2] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt (5/8) Thomas Ellis (NZL,266) 21-11 21-9
[R2] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) bt Dhanny Oud (NZL,UNR) 21-17 21-15

[QF] (1) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Rei Sato (JPN,UNR) 17-21 21-11 21-19
[QF] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt Dean Nuttall (NZL,335) 21-16 21-9
[QF] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) l (2) Joe Wu (NZL,151) 17-21 10-21

[SF] (1) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt (5/8) Alistair Casey (SCO,222) 21-13 21-19
[SF] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt (2) Joe Wu (NZL,151) 21-14 21-13

[Final] (1) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) 21-11 21-14

This was low International series tournament, still very good one for Ajay ... As this was his first international title and also very good performance by youngster Prakash Jolly, who was playing his first international event.