Badminton News
At $200K French Super Series

[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,37) l (1) Chong Wei Lee (MAS,1) 14-21 3-21
[R1] Kashyap P. (IND,47) l Yi Lu (CHN,29) 8-21 16-21
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,20) l (3) Jin Chen (CHN,4) 17-21 14-21
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,38) l (3) Mi Zhou (HKG,3) 21-17 11-21 9-21

As expected Indian challenge got over in French Super Series ... Arvind Bhat lost in 26 mins against WR #1 ... Kashyap produced some fight in second game to extend his match upto 40 mins against higer ranked Chinese opponent ... And Chetan lost in 34 mins but had respectable score against superior Chinese opponent.

Aditi managed to stretch WR #3 Mi Zhou to 3 games after winning first game in their 45 mins match.
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At World Juniors 2008, Pune, India

[R1] (5/8) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND) Bye
[R1] Aditya PRAKASH (IND) bt Kirt Soon TANG (SIN) 21-11 21-15
[R1] Pratik PATEL (IND) l Tien Chen CHOU (TPE) 6-21 17-21
[R1] Prannoy H.S (IND) l Kam Chung KUAN (MAS) 15-21 16-21

[R1] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND) Bye
[R1] Thulasi P.C. (IND) bt Lianne TAN (GER) 21-9 21-16
[R1] Sikki REDDY (IND) Bye
[R1] Prajakta SAWANT (IND) bt Langley ALEXANDRA (ENG) 21-16 21-15

[R1] Pranav CHOPRA (IND)/ Prajakta SAWANT (IND) l Ryan Agung SAPUTRA (INA)/ Aurien HUDIONO (INA) 16-21 17-21
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND)/ Pradnya GADRE (IND) bt Ingmar SEIDELBERG (EST)/ Laura VANA (EST) 21-13 21-14

[R2] Aditya PRAKASH (IND) l (1) Huan GAO (CHN) 20-22 12-21
[R2] (5/8) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND) bt ? 21-6 21-2

[R2] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND) bt Ozge BAYRAK (TUR) 21-11 21-8
[R2] Thulasi P.C. (IND) l Mei Hui CHIANG (TPE) 19-21 21-16 21-23
[R2] Sikki REDDY (IND) l (5/8) Porntip BURANAPRASERTSUK (THA) 26-28 9-21
[R2] Prajakta SAWANT (IND) l Shen LIN (CHN) 8-21 6-21

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND)/ Pradnya GADRE (IND) bt James EUNSON (NZL)/ Michelle CHAN (NZL) 21-15 21-12

[R3] (5/8) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND) vs Martin CAMPBELL (SCO)

[R3] (1) Saina NEHWAL (IND) vs Ying Suet TSE (HKG)

[R3] Sai Praneeth B. (IND)/ Pradnya GADRE (IND) vs (5/8) Young Woo CHOI (KOR)/ Kyung Eun JUNG (KOR)

Aditya Prkash had poor draw facing top-seed Chinese in 2nd round, other wise expected results at World Juniors ... Now in (boys & girls) singles and MXD only 1 Indian player or pair r remaining.