Badminton News
At $200K India Open, New Delhi (Super Series)

[R1] (5) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,7) l Taufik Hidayat (INA,26) 21-13 21-23 18-21
[R1] (Q) Prannoy H. S. (IND,72) bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (THA,51) 21-17 22-20
[R1] K. Srikanth (IND,64) bt (4) Jan O Jorgensen (DEN,6) 21-7 18-21 21-12
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,35) bt Tommy Sugiarto (INA,18) 21-16 21-17
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,30) bt Vladimir Malkov (RUS,58) 21-17 21-17
[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,55) bt Takuma Ueda (JPN,21) 11-21 21-13 21-19
[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,38) bt (Q) Chetan Anand (IND,99) 21-13 21-8
[R1] (Q) Arvind Bhat (IND,84) l (6) Kenichi Tago (JPN,8) 9-21 9-21
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,60) bt Kento Momota (JPN,46) 21-17 21-11
[R1] (Q) Subhankar Dey (IND,180) l Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (MAS,81) 17-21 11-21

[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) bt Belaetrix Manuputi (INA,37) 21-12 21-15
[R1] (8) Sindhu P. V. (IND,16) bt Xue Yao (CHN,65) 17-21 21-18 21-14
[R1] Sayali Gokhale (IND,121) l (3) Ratchanok Intanon (THA,8) 8-21 12-21
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,150) bt (Q) Trupti Murgunde (IND,167) 21-11 11-4 Retd.
[R1] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,95) bt Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA,20) 21-14 17-21 21-19
[R1] Thulasi P. C. (IND,96) l (6) Eriko Hirose (JPN,12) 7-21 13-21
[R1] (Q) Ruthvika Shivani G. (IND,247) l (4) Minatsu Mitani (JPN,10) 10-21 20-22
[R1] (Q) Saili Rane (IND,144) bt Tanvi Lad (IND,105) 14-21 22-20 21-14
[R1] (Q) Rituparna Das (IND,318) l (2) Juliane Schenk (GER,4) 12-21 15-21

[R1] Rupesh Kumar K. T. (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (1) Mathias Boe (DEN)/ Carsten Mogensen (DEN) 9-21 15-21
[R1] Sanjeeth S. (IND)/ Jagadish Yadav (IND) l Ricky Karanda Suwardi (INA)/ Muhammad Ulinnuha (INA) 6-21 13-21
[R1] (Q) Raunaq Muradia (USA)/ Kamaldeep Singh (IND) l (8) Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN) 14-21 11-21
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) bt Nandagopal K. (IND)/ Sunjith (Jr) S. (IND) 21-11 21-7
[R1] (Q) Kiran Kumar B. (IND)/ Anilkumar Raju M. (IND) l (4) Hiroyuki Endo (JPN)/ Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN) 6-21 5-21
[R1] Manish Gupta (IND)/ Gaurav Venkat (IND) l Hirokatsu Hashimoto (JPN)/ Noriyasu Hirata (JPN) 11-21 18-21
[R1] Ketan Chahal (IND)/ Deepak Khatri (IND) l (7) Thien How Hoon (MAS)/ Wee Kiong Tan (MAS) 2-21 11-21
[R1] Mayank Behal (IND)/ Tanveer Gill (IND) l Angga Pratama (INA)/ Ryan Agung Saputra (INA) 11-21 17-21
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l Maneepong Jongjit (THA)/ Nipitphon Puangpuapech (THA) 17-21 11-21
[R1] Srujan Nandaluri (IND)/ Vinay Kumar Reddy P. (IND) l Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Andrew Ellis (ENG) 8-21 14-21
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt (Q) Chaitanya Reddy K. (IND)/ Santosh Ravuri (IND) 21-8 21-14
[R1] Alwin Francis (IND)/ Diju V. (IND) l Takeshi Kamura (JPN)/ Keigo Sonoda (JPN) 18-21 14-21
[R1] (Q) Surender Rathee (IND)/ Neeraj Vashist (IND) bt Jayan James (IND)/ Dilshad K. (IND) 17-21 21-18 21-16

[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Lauren Smith (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 19-21 22-20 21-11
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) l Misato Aratama (JPN)/ Megumi Taruno (JPN) 19-21 10-21
[R1] Sanyogita Ghorpade (IND)/ Maneesha K. (IND) l (5) Duanganong Aroonkesorn (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA) 9-21 20-22
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) l Yuki Fukushima (JPN)/ Reika Kakiiwa (JPN) 17-21 14-21
[R1] Daksha Gautam (IND)/ Ekta Kalia (IND) l Ye Na Jang (KOR)/ So Young Kim (KOR) 3-21 3-21
[R1] Jamuna Rani Rachapalli (IND)/ Leela Lakshmi Rachapalli (IND) l (7) Narissapat Lam (THA)/ Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA) 8-21 10-21
[R1] Varsha V Belawadi (IND)/ Nischitha G. M. (IND) l Tatjana Bibik (RUS)/ Anastasia Chervaykova (RUS) 5-21 11-21
[R1] Kristi Das (IND)/ Anees Kowsar J. (IND) l (3) Kyung Eun Jung (KOR)/ Ha Na Kim (KOR) 2-21 2-21
[R1] Jagriti Nashier (IND)/ Jyoti Nashier (IND) l (6) Lok Yan Poon (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG) 4-21 8-21
[R1] Ruthvika Shivani G. (IND)/ Meghana J. (IND) l Suci Rizky Andini (INA)/ Della Destiara Haris (INA) 10-21 9-21

[R1] Nandagopal K. (IND)/ Meghana J. (IND) l Baek Choel Shin (KOR)/ Ye Na Jang (KOR) 20-22 14-21
[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sanyogita Ghorpade (IND) l Hirokatsu Hashimoto (JPN)/ Miyuki Maeda (JPN) 14-21 15-21
[R1] Harinder Malik (IND)/ Ekta Kalia (IND) l (5) Robert Mateusiak (POL)/ Nadiezda Zieba (POL) 5-21 10-21
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) bt Andrew Ellis (ENG)/ Lauren Smith (ENG) 16-21 22-20 21-19
[R1] Abhinav Manota (IND)/ Rachita Sachdev (IND) l Kenichi Hayakawa (JPN)/ Misaki Matsutomo (JPN) 6-21 8-21
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l (8) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 15-21 16-21
[R1] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Chris Langridge (ENG)/ Heather Olver (ENG) 19-21 21-15 21-16
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Maneesha K. (IND) l Songphon Anugritayawon (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA) 21-19 19-21 16-21
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Ha Na Kim (KOR) 16-21 25-23 19-21

[R2] (Q) Prannoy H. S. (IND,72) vs Taufik Hidayat (INA,26)
[R2] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,35) vs K. Srikanth (IND,64)
[R2] Ajay Jayaram (IND,30) vs Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA,28)
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,55) vs (3) Yun Hu (HKG,5)
[R2] Sourabh Varma (IND,38) vs (6) Kenichi Tago (JPN,8)
[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,60) vs (Q) Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (MAS,81)

[R2] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Yui Hashimoto (JPN,44)
[R2] (8) Sindhu P. V. (IND,16) vs Sun Yu (CHN,83)
[R2] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,95) vs Neha Pandit (IND,150)
[R2] (Q) Saili Rane (IND,144) vs (5) Yeon Ju Bae (KOR,14)

[R2] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth Reddy B. (IND) vs (8) Xiaolong Liu (CHN)/ Zihan Qiu (CHN)
[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs (3) Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Yong Dae Lee (KOR)
[R2] (Q) Surender Rathee (IND)/ Neeraj Vashist (IND) vs (2) Kien Keat Koo (KOR)/ Boon Heong Tan (KOR)

[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (1) Misaki Matsutomo (JPN)/ Ayaka Takahashi (JPN)

[R2] Abhinav Prakash (IND)/ Kristi Das (IND) vs (1) Tontowi Ahmad (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA)
[R2] Gaurav Venkat (IND)/ Juhi Dewangan (IND) vs Baek Choel Shin (KOR)/ Ye Na Jang (KOR)
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) vs (5) Robert Mateusiak (POL)/ Nadiezda Zieba (POL)
[R2] Diju V. (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs (4) Sudket Prapakamol (THA)/ Saralee Thoungthongkam (THA)

Kashyap failed to score his first win against Taufik ... Kashyap won the first game easily and after that next two games were closely fought ... In the second game Kashyap saved 2 game points and then had a match point but failed to convert it ... In the third game Kashyap was leading 18-16 before losing next 5 points and match.

But most shocking result of the day was from young 19 yrs old Indian K. Srikanth, who scored upset win over WR #6 Danish player Jan O Jorgensen ... His next match is against Guru ... Few Indians used home advantage for upset wins ... Guru scored his first win over Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto, against him before this he lost his last 2 matches ... Arundhati Pantawane and Anand Pawar also scored upset win over top-20 players ... Prannoy and Sai Praneeth also defeated higher ranked opponents ... Saina scored straight games victory ... Sindhu needed fightback after losing the first game against her Chinese opponent.

Sindhu is facing ane after another Chinese test ... In the second round she is facing Sun Yu ... Tough matches for Prannoy, Anand Pawar, Sourabh and Saili.