Badminton News
At $200K Japan Masters, Tokyo

[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) bt (7) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,7) 21-18 21-19
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) bt Viktor Axelsen (DEN,33) 19-21 21-14 21-14
[R1] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) bt Inthanon Ratchanok (THA,13) 21-17 21-10

[R1] Rupesh Kumar KT (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (6) Markis Kido (INA)/ Hendra Setiawan (INA) 13-21 12-21
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Hsin Yun Chang (TPE)/ Chia Wen Lai (TPE) 21-8 21-17
[R1] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Shintaro Ikeda (JPN)/ Reiko Shiota (JPN) 22-20 21-15

[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) vs Simon Santoso (INA,17)
[R2] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs (6) Jin CHEN (CHN,6)
[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Mingtian Fu (SIN,29)

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (7) Jung Eun Ha (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR)
[R2] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (5) Hung Ling Chen (TPE)/ Wen Hsing Cheng (TPE)

Saina scored comfortable dominating win against young Thai Inthanon Ratchanok in 33 mins ... Next she is facing Singaporean girl to place in quarters.

Ajay scored huge upset win over WR #7 Vietnamese Tien Minh Nguyen in straight games ... In the first game he take control after winning 4 pts in a row from 15-14 ... In the second game both players were neck to neck until 19-all before Ajay winning last 2 pts ... Next he is facing former WR #3 Indonesian Simon Santoso ... Other hand slow start for Kashyap, after losing the first game he came back strongly to won next two ... In the second round he is facing tough Chinese opponent.

Diju and Jwala also had winning start against local pair ... Next they r facing 5th seed Taiwani pair ... In women doubles Jwala and Ashwini scored very comfortable win in 21 mins ... Next they r facing 7th seed Korean pair.

Seeded Indonesian pair proved too strong for Rupesh and Sanave.