Badminton News
At $350K All England Open Badminton Championship 2011, Birmingham

[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) bt Eric Pang (NED,40) 21-17 21-14
[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,42) bt Rune Ulsing (DEN,51) 21-10 22-20

[Q2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) vs (3) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,31)
[Q2] Anand Pawar (IND,42) vs Hsuan Yi Hsueh (TPE,46)

[R1] P. Kashyap (IND,20) vs Marc Zwiebler (GER,16)
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,) vs Seung Hee Bae (KOR,30)

[R1] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Teik Chai Gan (MAS)/ Bin Shen Tan (MAS)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Maria Helsbol (DEN)/ Anne Skelbaek (DEN)
[R1] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR)

All England Open is starting from today ... Kashyap and Saina having direct entry in singles main-draw ... Anand Pawar and Ajay Jayaram r playing singles qualifying.

Winning start in straight games for Ajay and Anand ... Next both having tricky match to qualify for maindraw.

Before the tournament starts Saina received lucky break ... As from her side draw #2 Yihan Wang and #4 Tine Baun withdraw from the tournament so Saina is highest seeded player remaining until the final ... Hopefully she will take advantage of it.