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At $15K XXII Spanish International 2009, Madrid

Current national champion Sayali Gokhale won her first international title ... She scored upset victories to won this title without losing a single game ... She had couple of top-100 victory and also scored big upset win over top-45 British player Jill Pittard in semis.

Kashyap Parupalli lost in the final against Danish player ... Also good performance by new pairs of Aparna Balan/ Shruti Kurian and Arun Vishnu/ Aparna Balan, who also reached final at this International series.

Also interesting to note P. Kashyap is currently on his personal best singles ranking.

Finals
Sayali Gokhale (IND,203) bt Lianne Tan (BEL,102) 21-9 21-18
(2) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) l (5) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,43) 10-21 16-21

Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) l (2) Line Damkjær Kruse (DEN)/ Mie Schjøtt-Kristensen (DEN) 14-21 21-17 15-21
Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Robin Middleton (ENG)/ Mariana Agathangelou (ENG) 16-21 15-21

[SF] (2) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt (4) Brice Leverdez (FRA,41) 21-12 21-10
[SF] Sayali Gokhale (IND,203) bt (2) Jill Pittard (ENG,43) 21-18 21-16

[SF] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Mariana Agathangelou (ENG)/ Heather Olver (ENG) 21-13 21-19
[SF] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) bt (1) Wouter Claes (BEL)/ Nathalie Descamps (BEL) 19-21 21-10 21-19

[QF] (2) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt R. M. V. Gurusaidatt (IND,132) 21-19 11-21 21-18
[QF] Sayali Gokhale (IND,203) bt Beatriz Corrales (ESP,317) 21-13 22-20

[QF] Abantika Deka (IND)/ Vania Leça (POR) l Johanna Goliszewski (GER)/ Inken Wienefeld (GER) 14-21 15-21
[QF] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Lotte Bonde (DEN)/ Louise Hansen (DEN) 21-11 21-8
[QF] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) bt Andrew Ellis (ENG)/ Heather Olver (ENG) 15-21 21-18 21-16

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,81) l Pablo Abian (ESP,169) 22-24 15-21
[R2] R. M. V. Gurusaidatt (IND,132) bt Kasper Ipsen (DEN,77) 21-11 16-21 21-18
[R2] (2) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt (Q) Ernesto Velazquez (ESP,403) 21-18 21-18

[R2] Abantika Deka (IND,203) l (7) Camilla Overgaard (DEN,95) 19-21 21-19 16-21
[R2] Sayali Gokhale (IND,203) bt (5) Nathalie Descamps (BEL,86) 21-8 21-15

[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l Dean George (ENG)/ Chris Langridge (ENG) 9-21 21-16 14-21
[R2] Abantika Deka (IND)/ Vania Leça (POR) bt (4) Laura Molina (ESP)/ Haidee Ojeda (ESP) 21-18 17-21 22-20
[R2] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Milaine Cloutier (CAN)/ Valerie St. Jacques (CAN) 21-16 21-17
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) l Peter Mørk (DEN)/ Maria Helsbøl (DEN) 22-24 21-18 11-21
[R2] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) bt (4) Joe Morgan (WAL)/ Kerry Ann Sheppard (WAL) 21-18 21-16

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,81) bt Kaveh Mehrabi (IRI,99) 21-10 21-10
[R1] R. M. V. Gurusaidatt (IND,132) bt (Q) Vidre Wibowo (SWE,320) 21-10 21-15
[R1] (2) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt Marcel Reuter (GER,108) 16-21 21-15 21-6

[R1] Abantika Deka (IND,203) bt Alexandra Langley (ENG,359) 21-17 21-17
[R1] (4) Neha Pandit (IND,69) l Valerie St. Jacques (CAN,216) 15-21 16-21
[R1] Sayali Gokhale (IND,203) bt Claudia Mayer (AUT,97) 21-14 21-7

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bye
[R1] Abantika Deka (IND)/ Vania Leça (POR) bye
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Carolina Marin (ESP)/ Ana Maria Martin (ESP) 21-13 21-8
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bye
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) bt (Q) Sam Magee (IRL)/ Chloe Magee (IRL) 21-16 21-11

[Q3] Aditya Prakash (IND,UNR) l (3) Pedro Martins (POR,194) 15-21 21-15 14-21
[Q2] Aditya Prakash (IND,UNR) bt Pablo Mendez (ESP,UNR) 21-17 21-9
[Q1] Aditya Prakash (IND,UNR) bt Igor Cimbur (CRO,363) 21-15 21-14