Badminton News
At $120K Yonex Sunrise India Open 2009, Hyderabad (GP Gold)

[R1] (1) Hongyan PI (FRA,4) bt Trupti MURGUNDE (IND,145) 21-18 21-18
[R1] Shixian WANG (CHN,UNR) bt Neha PANDIT (IND,100) 21-13 21-11
[R1] Wen CHENG (CHN,UNR) bt Aditi MUTATKAR (IND,38) 14-21 21-7 21-7
[R1] (3) Mew Choo WONG (MAS,19) bt (Q) Arundhati PANTAWANE (IND,UNR) 16-21 21-13 21-19
[R1] Kwan Yi MONG (HKG,79) bt Siki REDDY (IND,UNR) 21-19 21-15
[R1] (6) Yu HIRAYAMA (JPN,31) bt Kalita ANAJALI (IND,UNR) 21-15 21-15
[R1] Thulasi P.C (IND,UNR) bt (Q) CHITRALEKHA (IND,UNR) 21-13 19-21 21-16
[R1] Uchida SHIZUKA (JPN,129) bt (Q) Aparna BALAN (IND,UNR) 13-21 21-17 21-14
[R1] Sampada SAHASTRABUDDHE (IND,213) bt Dhanya NAIR (IND,UNR) 21-18 22-20
[R1] (Q) Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND,UNR) bt Mingtian FU (SIN,49) 23-21 21-14
[R1] (5) Julia Pei Xian WONG (MAS,15) bt Sayali GOKHALE (IND,UNR) 21-15 21-23 21-14
[R1] Hung Yung CHAN (HKG,284) bt Mudra DAHINJE (IND,UNR) 14-21 21-5 21-19
[R1] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,9) bt Chew Yen Daphne NG (MAS,UNR) 21-6 21-10

[R2] Thulasi P.C (IND,UNR) vs (6) Yu HIRAYAMA (JPN,31)
[R2] Sampada SAHASTRABUDDHE (IND,213) vs Beiwen ZHANG (SIN,113)
[R2] (Q) Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND,UNR) vs (5) Julia Pei Xian WONG (MAS,15)
[R2] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,9) vs Hung Yung CHAN (HKG,284)

Qualifier Arundhati Pantawane and our current nationak champion Sayali Gokhale produced creditable fighting performance against world top-20 Malayasian players ... Another qualifier Ashwini Ponnappa went one step ahead and upset top-50 Singaporean player in first round ... Aditi failed to produce winning comeback after her very long injury break against unranked Chinese opponent ... Saina scored easy win to move into next round.