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At $50K Yonex Dutch Open 2011, Almere

[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,169) bt Jordy Hilbink (NED,385) 21-16 21-11
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,130) bt Ralph Starren (NED,656) 21-10 21-14
[R1] Nandagopal K. (IND,254) bt Stanislav Pukhov (RUS,60) 21-16 21-18
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,50) bt Sven Eric Kastens (GER,85) w/o
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,64) bt Gabriel Ulldahl (SWE,124) 21-18 12-21 21-15
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,54) bt Vladimir Ivanov (RUS,55) 20-22 21-13 21-11
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND,81) l Anthony Dumartheray (SUI,250) 1-0 Retd
[R1] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) bye

[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,169) bt Scott Evans (IRL,53) 13-21 21-14 21-11
[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,130) bt Birger Abts (BEL,550) 21-7 21-10
[R2] Nandagopal K. (IND,254) l (7) Hsuan Yi Hsueh (TPE,40) 14-21 15-21
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,50) bt Henri Hurskainen (SWE,49) 21-6 21-19
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,64) bt Pratama Yoga (INA,UNR) 21-19 21-15
[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,54) bt Vladimir Malkov (RUS,82) 21-10 16-21 21-19
[R2] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) bt Stilian Makarski (BUL,215) 21-14 21-12
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,76) bt (4) Juan Gu (SIN,22) 21-12 21-19
[R1] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,72) bt (3) Salakjit Ponsana (THA,21) 21-12 21-11

[R1] Pranav Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Mattijs Dierickx (GER)/ Freek Golinski (GER) 21-8 21-12
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bt Jacco Arends (NED)/ Jelle Maas (NED) 21-19 14-21 21-17
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) bt Samantha Barning (NED)/ Eefje Muskens (NED) w/o
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) bt Kuan Hao Liao (TPE)/ Pei Hsin Chiang (TPE) 21-8 19-21 21-19
[R1] Pranav Chopra (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) bt Rikkert Suijkerland (NED)/ Lisa Malaihollo (NED) 21-15 18-21 21-10

[R3] Prannoy H. S. (IND,169) l Rasmus Fladberg (DEN,117) 15-21 13-21
[R3] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,130) l Valeriy Atrashchenkov (UKR,80) 18-21 22-20 12-21
[R3] Anand Pawar (IND,50) l (7) Hsuan Yi Hsueh (TPE,40) 20-22 15-21
[R3] Arvind Bhat (IND,64) bt Carl Baxter (ENG,76) 25-23 21-15
[R3] Chetan Anand (IND,54) l Tien Chen Chou (TPE,68) 19-21 18-21
[R3] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) bt Yuhan Tan (BEL,59) 21-16 21-18
[R2] Sindhu P. V. (IND,76) bt Judith Meulendijks (NED,54) 12-21 21-13 21-10
[R2] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,72) l Kristina Gavnholt (CZE,53) 19-21 14-21

[R2] Pranav Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Jelle Kelderhuis (NED)/ Rein Ridder (NED) 21-15 21-14
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l (2) Vladimir Ivanov (RUS)/ Ivan Sozonov (RUS) 14-21 18-21
[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) bt Kim Buss (GER)/ Claudia Vogelgsang (GER) 21-14 21-8
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) l Valeriy Atrashchenkov (UKR)/ Anna Kobceva (UKR) 21-9 9-21 19-21
[R2] Pranav Chopra (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) l Peter Kaesbauer (GER)/ Johanna Goliszewski (GER) 15-21 16-21

[QF] (2) Ajay Jayaram (IND,28) vs (5) Eric Pang (NED,39)
[QF] Arvind Bhat (IND,64) vs Tien Chen Chou (TPE,68)
[QF] Sindhu P. V. (IND,76) vs Jeanine Cicognini (SUI,45)

[QF] Pranav Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (4) Ruud Bosch (NED)/ Koen Ridder (NED)
[QF] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) vs (1) Duanganong Aroonkesorn (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)

Big Indian contingent playing in Dutch Open ... Few creditable wins by Indians, Arundhati Pantawane defeated Thai WR #21 Salakjit Ponsana losing only 23 pts ... Sindhu P. V. also scored similar upset win over WR #22 Singaporean Juan Gu in straight games ... Prannoy also scored upset win over experienced Irish Scott Evans in comeback win.