Badminton News
At $200K Japan Masters, Tokyo

[Q1] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,97) bt Thulasi PC (IND,120) 15-21 22-20 22-20
[Q1] Gurusaidutt RMV (IND,55) l Keigo Sonoda (JPN,70) 21-15 14-21 16-21
[Q1] (2) Anand Pawar (IND,54) bt Kento Momota (JPN,268) 21-16 21-17

[Q2] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,97) l Ying Suet Tse (HKG,87) 12-21 15-21
[Q2] (2) Anand Pawar (IND,54) l Tien Chen Chou (TPE,59) 18-21 21-19 21-23

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) vs (7) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,7)
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs Viktor Axelsen (DEN,33)
[R1] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Inthanon Ratchanok (THA,13)

[R1] Rupesh Kumar KT (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (6) Markis Kido (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Hsin Yun Chang (TPE)/ Chia Wen Lai (TPE)
[R1] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Shintaro Ikeda (JPN)/ Reiko Shiota (JPN)

Guru lost in the first qualifying round ... Arundhati was lucky to beat fellow Indian Thulsi in her qualifying first round match but in the second qualifying round she failed to produce much fight against Hong Kong player ... Anand lost big opportunity to qualify for main-draw ... He had 4 match points from 20-17 in the third game which he failed to convert it.