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

[R2] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Tsu Ying Tai (TPE,22) 21-17 21-17

[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (8) Mohammad Ahsan (INA)/ Bona Septano (INA) 16-21 16-21
[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (Q) Line Damkjaer Kruse (DEN)/ Marie Roepke (DEN) 21-17 19-21 18-21
[R2] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (5) Tao Jiaming (CHN)/ Qing Tian (CHN) 11-21 12-21

[QF] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Eriko Hirose (JPN,17)

Saina scored comfortable win over Tai to moved into quarter-final of All England Open ... Next she is facing experienced Japanese shuttler Eriko Hirose.

Rupesh and Sanave couldn't produce much fight against 8th seed Indonesian pair ... But had hope from Jwala and Ashwini against Danish qualifier ... They started well winning first game but failed to win this match.

After yesterday's marathon match today Diju and Jwala failed to create any challenge against 5th seed Chinese pair.