Badminton News
At $170K Yonex Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold 2008

[R3] P Kashyap (IND,66) l Tommy Sugiarto (INA,58) 14-21 14-21

[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) bt Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA,43) 21-19 16-21 21-16
[SF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,14) vs Pia Zebadiah Bernadet (INA,76)

Kashyap couldn't manage to build on his top-20 win ... But other hand Saina continue her march towards her first-ever Grand Prix Gold title.
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At $5K Waikato International 2008, Hamilton, New Zealand

Womens Singles -
[R2] Ruth Misha (IND,UNR) l (2) Rachel Hindley (NZL,96) 7-21 22-24
[R2] Neha Pandit (IND,148) bt (3/4) Yu Wakita (JPN,117) 21-17 21-14

[QF] Neha Pandit (IND,148) vs Leanne Choo (AUS,199)

Mens Singles -
[R3] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) bt Rei Sato (JPN,UNR) 16-21 21-18 21-18
[R3] (5/8) Ankush Jadhav (IND,222) l Bjorn Seguin (NZL,317) 17-21 20-22
[R3] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) bt (3/4) Ethan Haggo (NZL,167) 22-20 21-16

[QF] Prakash Jolly (IND,UNR) vs Shu Wada (JPN,233)
[QF] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,144) vs Delius Tang (NZL,UNR)

Neha scored good win over higher ranked Japanese player ... Other hand Prakash also scored good win over higher seed opponent.