Badminton News
At $350K Li Ning China Open 2011, Shanghai (Superseries Premier)

[Q1] Sourabh Varma (IND,66) l (1) Yan Kit Chan (HKG,36) W/O
[Q1] Gurusaidutt RMV (IND,51) bt (4) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,43) 22-20 19-21 21-13
[Q1] Arvind Bhat (IND,57) l Kai Wen (CHN,144) 13-21 14-21
[Q1] (4) Sindhu PV (IND,46) bye

[Q2] Gurusaidutt RMV (IND,51) l Yi Lu (CHN,134) 21-13 16-21 21-23
[Q2] (4) Sindhu PV (IND,46) l Xue Yao (CHN,201) 9-21 12-21

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,26) vs Kenichi Tago (JPN,16)
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,34) vs Wing Ki Wong (HKG,24)
[R1] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,4) vs Youn Joo Bae (KOR,10)

[R1] Rupesh Kumar KT (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (5) Kien Keat Koo (MAS)/ Boon Heong Tan (MAS)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Leanne Choo (AUS)/ Renuga Veeran (AUS)
[R1] Diju V (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Muhammad Rijal (INA)/ Debby Susanto (INA)

As expected lot more tougher draw in this Superseries premier event.

In qualifying Guru started with hard fought win against higher ranked Malaysian but he wasted 2 match points in the third game in his final qualifying round to lose match against his Chinese opponent.