Badminton News
At $120K Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold 2009, Johor Bharu

[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (6) Zhiben Chen (CHN)/ Ye Shen (CHN) 14-21 21-15 21-16
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Yin Loo Lim (MAS)/ Marylen Poau Leng Ng (MAS) 21-14 17-21 21-15

[R2] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Ratchanok Inthanon (THA,135) 18-21 21-12 21-18

[R3] Ajay Jayaram (IND,75) l Yun Hu (HKG,67) 15-21 14-21
[R3] (9) Arvind Bhat (IND,27) l Long Chen (CHN,58) 5-21 11-21

[R2] (1) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Wee Tat Tan (MAS)/ Hui Ern Ng (MAS) 21-12 21-12
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (1) Eei Hui Chin (MAS)/ Pei Tty Wong (MAS) 25-23 16-21 12-21
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l Teik Chai Gan (MAS)/ Bin Shen Tan (MAS) 13-21 23-21 19-21

[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs (Q) Xin Wang (CHN,UNR)

[QF] (1) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA)/ Vita Marissa (INA)

Saina had slow start and needed to use her experience against this below 125 ranked Thai player ... Other players in singles literally blown off by their respective opponents ... Very surprising win by Rupesh and Sanave against 6th seed Chainese pair in first round but they again failed to kept that momentum in next round ... Happy to see Jwala and Diju scored easy victory in mixed doubles as they r struggling with their form in last few tournaments ... Good performance here will lift their confidence before World Championship.