Badminton News
At $200K Singapore Open 2013, (Superseries)

[Q1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,53) l Yong Zhao Ashton Chen (SIN,68) 21-19 19-21 12-21
[Q1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,61) bt Muhammad Hafiz Hashim (MAS,132) 21-13 21-15
[Q1] Arvind Bhat (IND,70) l Nan Wei (HKG,93) 21-19 9-21 15-21
[Q1] Thulasi P. C. (IND,80) bt Thi Trang (B) Vu (VIE,203) 21-18 21-17
[Q1] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,61) bt Anna Astrakhantseva (RUS,193) 21-5 21-10

[Q1] Manish Gupta (IND)/ Gaurav Venkat (IND) l Zheng Yi Kok (MAS)/ Keat Zhen Kong (MAS) 13-21 21-17 11-21
[Q1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) l Wei Han Tan (SIN)/ Dellis Yuliana (SIN) 20-22 12-21
[Q1] Mohd Razif Abdul Latif (MAS)/ Prajakta Sawant (IND) l (2) Zhao Jiang Terry Yeo (SIN)/ Lei Yao (SIN) 16-21 20-22

[Q2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,61) bt Richi Takeshita (JPN,66) 21-12 22-20
[Q2] Thulasi P. C. (IND,80) bt Chochuwong Pornpawee (THA,83) 18-21 21-13 21-8
[Q2] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,61) bt Xiaoyu Liang (SIN,88) 21-14 21-16

[R1] Anand Pawar (IND,3) vs (1) Pengyu Du (CHN,38)
[R1] Srikanth K. (IND,44) vs (6) Tien Minh Nguyen (VIE,9)
[R1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,25) vs (4) Kenichi Tago (JPN,6)
[R1] (7) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,10) vs Takuma Ueda (JPN,16)
[R1] Sourabh Varma (IND,42) vs Wing Ki Wong (HKG,14)
[R1] Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,23) vs Wei Feng Chong (MAS,12)
[R1] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND,61) vs (2) Yun Hu (VIE,4)

[R1] (Q) Thulasi P. C. (IND,80) vs Lindaweni Fanetri (INA,14)
[R1] (Q) Arundhati Pantawane (IND,61) vs Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,26)
[R1] (1) Saina Nehwal (IND,2) vs Juan Gu (SIN,21)

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Marcus Ellis (ENG)/ Paul Van Rietvelde (SCO)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) vs Ji Wook Kang (KOR)/ Sang Joon Lee (KOR)
[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Siki Reddy N. (IND) vs Meng Yean Lee (MAS)/ Yin Loo Lim (MAS)
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Nitya Krishinda Maheswari (INA)/ Greysia Polii (INA)
[R1] Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) vs Songphon Anugritayawon (THA)/ Kunchala Voravichitchaikul (THA)
[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (3) Tontowi Ahmad (INA)/ Liliyana Natsir (INA)

Sai with Arundhati and Thulasi qualify for the main-draw ... But tough matches for almost all players in the first round.