Badminton News
At US$200K AVIVA Open Singapore Super Series 2009,

[Q1] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,39) bt Stefan Wojcikiewicz (CAN,59) 21-10 21-11
[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,46) bt Andrew Dabeka (CAN,95) 21-16 21-15

[Q2] Anand Pawar (IND,46) l Kazushi Yamada (JPN,53) 14-21 16-21
[Q2] (2) Anup Sridhar (IND,39) bt Yanbo Qiu (CHN,62) 15-21 21-19 21-17

[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,12) vs Choong Hann Wong (MAS,23)
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,24) vs (3) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,4)
[R1] (Q) Anup Sridhar (IND,39) vs (Q) Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,51)
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,42) vs Judith Meulendijks (NED,23)
[R1] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs (Q) Maja Tvrdy (SLO,51)

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Imogen Bankier (SCO)/ Donna Kellogg (ENG)
[R1] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (6) Zhongbo Xie (CHN)/ Yawen Zhang (CHN)

Decent draw for our many players but how many utilise this opportunity will be seen tomorrow ... Anup qualified for maindraw with comeback victory against Chinese opponent.
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Hockey News
At FIH Men's Junior World Cup 2009, Singapore & Malaysia

20 teams r divided in 4 groups and top 2 teams will be moved to next level ...India is in Pool D.

Pool D - India, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore

07 June
Netherlands bt Singapore 8-0
New Zealand bt Poland 8-1

08 June
Netherlands bt Poland 7-2
India bt Singapore 10-0

Goal scored - Diwakar Ram (IND) 15' PC, 18' PC, 29' PC, 55' PC & 66' PC, Danish Mujtaba (IND) 5' & 51', Dharamvir Singh (IND) 26', Mandip Antil (IND) 30', Vivek (IND) 47'

9th June
India dw New Zealand 2-2

Goal Scored - Diwakar Ram (IND) 13' PC, Pramod Kumar (IND) 34' and Simon Child (NZL) 11', Marcus Child (NZL) 31'

In first match Indians outplayed Singapore boys but in second match New Zeland boys surprisingly drawn match against our boys.