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At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008

[R1] P Kashyap (IND,66) Bye

[R2] P Kashyap (IND,66) bt (2) Sairul Amar Ayob (MAS,20) 18-21 23-21 21-14

[R1] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Mingtian Fu (SIN,70) 21-19 21-19

[R3] P Kashyap (IND,66) vs Tommy Sugiarto (INA,58)

[R2] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Kwan Yi Mong (HKG,99) 21-8, 21-12

[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) VS Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,43)

Saina and P Kashyap r playing at Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold ... Saina is showing newly gained confidence in her game ... She is in quarters and in chance of another match with Indonesian Yulianti ...Yesterday Kashyap scored biggest victory of his small career defeating top-20 Malaysian player, Sairul Amar Ayob ... After losing first game Kashyap played superb match to won next game with little margin and then easily over-powered his opponent in the next.

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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand

Womens Singles -

[R1] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) bt Anna Rankin (NZL,363) 21-18 21-5

[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt Melissa Yin (NZL,UNR) 21-4 21-6

[R2] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) vs (2) Rachel Hindley (NZL,96)

[R2] Neha Pandit (IND,148) vs (3/4) Yu Wakita (JPN,117)

Mens Singles -

[R1] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) Bye

[R1] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt Praveen Tayalan (NZL,) 21-15 21-8

[R1] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) Bye

[R2] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Jeremy Liu (NZL,) 21-6 21-8

[R2] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) bt Evan Lee (NZL,) 21-14 23-21

[R2] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt Simon Koo (NZL,) 22-20 21-16

[R3] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) vs Rei Sato (JPN,UNR)

[R3] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) vs Bjorn Seguin (NZL,317)

[R3] [R2] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) vs (3/4) Ethan Haggo (NZL,167)