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At SCG Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold 2011, Bangkok

[Q1] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,167) bt (2) Hsiao Huan Chen (TPE,71) 21-11 10-21 21-13
[Q2] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,167) bt Chanida Julrattanamanee (THA,161) 21-17 21-12

[Q3] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,167) l Hung Yung Chan (HKG,124) 18-21 5-21

[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs Lan Lu (CHN,24)
[R1] (14) P. Kashyap (IND,23) vs Poodchalat Pisit (THA,101)
[R1] Sourabh Verma (IND,170) vs Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA,74)
[R1] R.M.V Gurusai Datt (IND,62) vs Kwong Beng Chan (MAS,155)
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,36) vs Tien Chen Chou (TPE,65)

[R1] Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Rupesh Kumar (IND) vs (5) Biao Chai (CHN)/ Zhendong Guo (CHN)
[R1] (8) Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Lok Yan Poon (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG)

Good performance at Sudirman Cup helped Jwala and Ashwini to improved their doubles ranking from 32nd to 22nd position and they r 8th seed in Thailand Open ... Kashyap also improved his ranking to 23rd from 28th.

Arundhati Pantawane started with upset win over top-70 Taiwani player in 3 games ... Arundhati won second qualifying round in 30 mins ... But Arundhati lost her final qualifying match ... Surprised the way she folded in the second game.

Saina is top-seed but need to play at her best as she is facing former WR #2 Lan Lu in the first round ... Saina is having 2-1 win-loss record against Lu ... This tournament is good test for Saina as she can face 3 more Chinese players from quarters in this tournament.