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At $120K YONEX German Open 2013, Mülheim an der Ruh

[Q1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) bt Hannes Kaesbauer (GER)/ Kira Kattenbeck (GER) 21-15 21-10

[Q2] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) bt (4) Sam Magee (IRL)/ Chole Magee (IRL) 21-19 21-12

[R1] (15) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,37) l (Q) Bin Qiao (CHN,142) 17-21 11-21
[R1] (10) Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) bt Brice Leverdez (FRA,49) 21-12 21-18
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,51) bt Michael Lahnsteiner (AUT,80) 22-20 16-21 21-16
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,93) bt Anup Sridhar (IND,108) 21-17 21-15

[R2] (10) Ajay Jayaram (IND,32) vs Richi Takeshita (JPN,114)
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,51) vs (6) Viktor Axelsen (DEN,22)
[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,93) vs (2) Boonsak Ponsana (THA,15)

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (5) Riky Widianto (INA)/ Puspita Richi Dili (INA)
[R1] (Q) Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) vs Chun Hei Lee (HKG)/ Hoi Wah Chau (HKG)
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) vs Samantha Barning (NED)/ Eefje Muskens (NED)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs V Shem Goh (MAS)/ Khim Wah Lim (MAS)

Arun and Aparna qualified for main-draw with upset win over Irish pair ... In the single Guru lost against Chinese qualifier ... Anand struggled against lower ranked Austrian player ... Ajay and Arvind started with straight games win over their respective opponents.