Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Badminton News
At $120K Malaysia Open GP Gold 2012, Johor

[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,79) bt Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo (INA,154) 24-22 18-21 21-16
[R1] Anup Sridhar (IND,102) l Shesar Hiren Rhustavito (INA,140) 15-21 19-21
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,146) l Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (MAS,112) 13-21 21-14 11-21
[R1] (7) Sourabh Varma (IND,41) bye
[R1] Prannoy HS (IND,91) bt Kein Hiung Chong (MAS,537) 21-10 21-15
[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,253) bt Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (MAS,55) 21-14 21-12
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,60) bt Andre Marteen (INA,286) 21-13 21-15
[R1] (1) Sindhu PV (IND,28) bye
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,134) bt Kate Foo Kune (MRI,166) 21-9 21-12
[R1] Thulasi PC (IND,85) l Jing Yi Tee (MAS,64) 14-21 16-21

[R1] Sanjeeth S. (IND)/ Jagadish Yadav (IND) l (1) Kien Keat Koo (MAS)/ Boon Heong Tan (MAS) 7-21 5-21

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,79) vs Sukamta Evert (INA,156)
[R2] (7) Sourabh Varma (IND,41) vs Shu Wada (JPN,192)
[R2] Prannoy HS (IND,91) vs Igor Jenny (SUI,UNR)
[R2] Srikanth K. (IND,253) vs (4) Daren Liew (MAS,31)
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,60) vs (2) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,11)
[R2] (1) Sindhu PV (IND,28) vs Neha Pandit (IND,134)

Third time proved lucky for Sai Praneeth as he lost last two times against Prasetyo ... Sai scored win in 3 games after winning the first game in extra points ... Srikanth produced big upset win over #55 ranked local player Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif ... Expected win for Prannoy.

Anup's poor form continued and Sameer also lost in 3 games against local player ... Thulasi failed to produce much fight to her Malaysian opponent.

Table Tennis News

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