Badminton News
At $50K New Zealand GP Open, Auckland

[Q1] Kirtesh Dhindhwal (IND,UNR) bt Rhys Hopkin (NZL,UNR) 21-10 21-7
[Q2] Kirtesh Dhindhwal (IND,UNR) bt Niccolo Tagle (NZL,UNR) 21-19 21-10

[R1] (14) Chetan Anand (IND,95) bt Asher Richardson (NZL,428) 21-10 21-16
[R1] (3) Ajay Jayaram (IND,30) bt Winson Neo (MAS,372) 21-5 22-20
[R1] (5) Anand Pawar (IND,48) bt Houwei Tian (CHN,196) 21-15 21-19
[R1] (4) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,36) bt (Q) Chance Cheng (NZL,UNR) 21-15 21-7
[R1] (Q) Kirtesh Dhindhwal (IND,UNR) bt Tony Fang (NZL,849) 21-10 21-11
[R1] (13) Arvind Bhat (IND,100) bt Yu Fu Lim (MAS,473) 21-9 21-13

[R2] (14) Chetan Anand (IND,95) vs Parinyawat Thongnuam (THA,173)
[R2] (3) Ajay Jayaram (IND,30) vs Marius Myhre (NOR,125)
[R2] (5) Anand Pawar (IND,48) vs Chia-Hsin Wan (TPE,121)
[R2] (4) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,36) vs Beryno Jiann Tze Wong (MAS,176)
[R2] (13) Arvind Bhat (IND,100) vs (Q) Kirtesh Dhindhwal (IND,UNR)

[R1] Sarada Jasti (IND,146) vs (Q) Vicki Copeland (NZL,UNR)

Winning start for our all players against their lower ranked opponents ... Unheard Kirtesh qualified for main-draw and scored victory over higher ranked local player in the first round.