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At $15K Austrian International Challenge 2014, Vienna

[R1] (5) Sourabh Varma (IND,41) bt Christian Lind Thomsen (DEN,87) 21-14 21-15
[R1] (2) Prannoy H. S (IND,39) bt Kwong Beng Chan (MAS,67) 21-15 21-13
[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,86) l Michal Rogalski (POL,106) 18-21 17-21
[R1] Thulasi P. C. (IND,79) l (3) Maria Febe Kusumastuti (INA,50) 13-21 25-27
[R1] (5) Tanvi Lad (IND,57) bt Natalya Voytsekh (UKR,119) 22-20 21-19
[R1] (2) Arundhati Pantawane (IND,43) bt Sarina Kohlfurst (AUT,231) 21-4 21-6

[R2] (5) Sourabh Varma (IND,41) bt (Q) Adrian Dziolko (POL,242) 21-10 21-19
[R2] (2) Prannoy H. S (IND,39) l Tzu Wei Wang (TPE,78) 15-21 21-18 15-21
[R2] (5) Tanvi Lad (IND,57) l (Q) Wei Xu (CHN,613) 21-18 20-22 16-21
[R2] (2) Arundhati Pantawane (IND,43) l (Q) Wei Jia (CHN,UNR) 21-13 17-21 17-21

[QF] (5) Sourabh Varma (IND,41) bt (Q) Yu Hsien Lin (TPE,121) 21-17 21-8

[SF] (5) Sourabh Varma (IND,41) bt (1) Jen Hao Hsu (TPE,30) 21-16 23-21

[F] (5) Sourabh Varma (IND,41) bt (8) Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (INA,64) 21-11 21-23 21-18

Last week Sourabh Varma won Austrian challenge tournament ... In the semis he defeated top-seed and WR #30 Jen Hao Hsu in straight games ... He lost his only game of the tournament in the final against former top-20 Indonesian Andre Kurniawan Tedjono but recovered to won the final game ... Other hand disappointing performance by our other shuttlers as they failed to cross second round despite higher rankings.