Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Badminton News
At $650KK Indonesia Open 2012, Jakarta (Super Series Premier)

[Q1] (3) Sourabh Varma (IND,42) bt Yong Zhao Ashton Chen (SIN,59) 21-17 21-17
[Q1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,71) l Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA,48) 19-21 14-21
[Q1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) bt Yuhan Tan (BEL,50) 19-21 21-8 21-16
[Q1] Anand Pawar (IND,61) l Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,65) 23-21 10-21 9-21

[Q2] (3) Sourabh Varma (IND,42) bt Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif (MAS,57) 21-15 21-19
[Q2] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) bt (4) Eric Pang (NED,51) 21-15 21-6

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,23) vs Kevin Cordon (GUA,33)
[R1] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,52) vs Hyun Il Lee (KOR,7)
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) vs Viktor Axelsen (DEN,22)
[R1] (Q) Sourabh Varma (IND,42) vs (7) Simon Santoso (INA,9)
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,26) vs Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA,33)
[R1] (5) Saina Nehwal (IND,5) vs Sayaka Sato (JPN,15)

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs (3) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN)
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) vs (Q) Melvira Oklamona (INA)/ Khaeriah Rosmini (INA)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (2) Qing Tian (CHN)/ Yunlei Zhao (CHN)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Riky Widianto (INA)/ Puspita Richi Dili (INA)
[R1] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Yeon Seong Yoo (KOR)/ Ye Na Jang (KOR)

Sourabh Varma and Guru qualified in the main-draw for this big Super Series Premier tournament from the qualifying but both r facing top-10 player in the first round ... Kashyap and Ajay having favorable draw in the first round ... Sindhu is also having winnable match in the first round ... Saina is having Japanese test in the first round ... In doubles Jwala and Ashwini r facing WR #2 Chinese pair.

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