Saturday, March 19, 2011

Badminton News
At $125K Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold 2011, Basel

[Q1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,69) l (4) Karina Jorgensen (DEN,56) 19-21 15-21

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) bt (Q) Keigo Sonoda (JPN,163) 21-19 10-21 21-10
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,42) bt Eetu Heino (FIN,86) 21-14 21-11
[R1] (6) P. Kashyap (IND,23) l Sven Eric Kastens (GER,94) 21-10 19-21 19-21

[R1] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt (Q) Sashina Vignes Waran (FRA,62) 23-21 21-9

[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Michael Fuchs (GER)/ Oliver Roth (GER) 21-19 21-16
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Johanna Goliszewski (GER)/ Carla Nelte (GER) 21-15 21-13
[R1] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Johannes Schoettler (GER)/ Sandra Marinello (GER) 21-15 14-21 21-19

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) bt Yuhan Tan (GER,82) 21-15 21-13
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,42) l (5) Wan Ho Shon (KOR,22) 21-17 15-21 18-21

[R2] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt Eriko Hirose (JPN,12) 21-15 17-21 21-11

[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (6) Mads Conrad-Petersen (DEN)/ Jonas Rasmussen (DEN) 19-21 22-20 21-14
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (7) Shizuka Matsuo (JPN)/ Mami Naito (JPN) 16-21 12-21
[R2] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (8) Yong Dae Lee (KOR)/ Jung Eun Ha (KOR) 14-21 9-21

[R3] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) bt (16) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,30) 21-17 16-21 21-16

[QF] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (4) Chieh Min Fang (TPE)/ Sheng Mu Lee (TPE) 17-21 13-21

[QF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) bt (6) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,13) 22-20 21-17
[QF] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) l (4) Sung Hwan Park (KOR,15) 19-21 19-21

[SF] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs (4) Youn Joo Bae (KOR,9)

Saina moved to semis beating Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva in straight game ... In semis she is facing 4th seed and WR #9 Korean Youn Joo Bae ... Before this match Saina already played couple of matches with top-15 players so she looks in good nick.

Ajay Jayaram also had very good tournament, who reached into quarters ... Also our men doubles team played well to reach quarters.

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