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At $200K Yonex Open Japan 2012, Tokyo

[Q1] (3) B. Sai Praneeth (IND,69) vs Andrew Smith (ENG,97)

[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,54) vs (1) Lee Chong Wei (MAS,2)
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,29) vs Qualifier
[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,19) vs (7) Taufik Hidayat (INA,12)
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,55) vs (4) Sho Sasaki (JPN,7)
[R1] Sindhu P. V. (IND,24) vs Kaori Imabeppu (JPN,50)

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (8) Thien How Hoon (MAS)/ Wee Kiong Tan (MAS)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs (5) Naoki Kawamae (JPN)/ Shoji Sato (JPN)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Noriyasu Hirata (JPN)/ Miyuki Maeda (JPN)

Sourabh Varma withdrawn from Japan open ... Tough draw for our players as most of them playing seeded opponents.