Badminton News
At $250K Hong Kong Super Series 2009,

[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,6) l Jie Yao (NED,16) 16-21 12-21
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,23) l Chunlai Bao (CHN,14) 19-21 11-21 16-21

[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (Q) Pak Chu Chow (MAS)/ Chieng Hun Hong (MAS) 21-18 21-9

[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (6) Alven Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA)

Jie Yao scored one-sided victory over Saina in just 26 mins ... I would say one of bad day at office for Saina ... In doubles Rupesh and Sanave had comfortable start against Malaysian qualifiers.

In first game Arvind take early lead but Bao caught with him at 12-all but again Arvind take lead and was leading 19-15 .. This time also Bao caught with him winning next 4 points but Arvind won next 2 points to won first game ... In second game Bao take control from the start and didn't give any chance to Arvind to won it easily ... In third game again Arvind take lea from 3-4 ... At one time he was leading 13-8 but from 15-13 Bao won next 3 points to make it 15-16 ... Arvind won next point but after that Bao won next 5 points to completed victory in 48 mins.