Badminton News
At Bitburger Saarlorlux Open 2009, Sar-Lox-Lux, Luxembourg

[R1] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Andreas Heinz (GER)/ Felix Schoppmann (GER) 21-12 21-18

[R3] (11) Anand Pawar (IND,47) bt (1) Chetan Anand (IND,13) 21-16 21-13
[R3] (4) Arvind Bhat (IND,22) l (14) Dmytro Zavadsky (UKR,51) 18-21 21-9 17-21

[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,105) l Olga Konon (POL,193) 10-21 9-21

[R2] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurien (IND) l (1) Helle Nielsen (DEN)/ Marie Roepke (DEN) 19-21 11-21
[R2] (1) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Mats Hukriede (GER)/ Josche Zurwonne (GER) 21-9 21-10

Really shocking loss for Trupti, who upset top-40 player in first round ... Polish player crushed her in just 24 minutes.

Anand Pawar scored his first victory over his senior partner Chetan Anand in straight games ... But Arvind Bhat lost against Ukrainean player.