Badminton News

At $750K The STAR Australian Open 2015, Sydney (Superseries)

[Q1] R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,45) bt Ai Wei Jian (MAS,185) 21-13 21-9
[Q1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Cham Chen (AUS)/ Susan Wang (AUS) 21-14 21-6

[Q2] R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,45) bt (4) Kazumasa Sakai (JPN,35) 21-15 21-8
[Q2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Mark Lamsfuss (GER)/ Isabel Herttrich (GER) 21-19 21-17

[R1] (Q) R. M. V. Gurusaidutt (IND,45) vs (1) Chen Long (CHN,1)
[R1] (4) K. Srikanth (IND,4) vs Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,14)
[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,13) vs (6) Wang Zhengming (CHN,7)

[R1] P. V. Sindhu (IND,12) vs Wang Yihan (CHN,8)
[R1] (2) Saina Nehwal (IND,1) vs (Q) Cheah Lyddia Yi Yu (MAS,67)

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) vs Cai Yun (CHN)/ Kang Jun (CHN)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Samantha Barning (NED)/ Iris Tabeling (NED)

[R1] (Q) Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Choi Solgyu (KOR)/ Eom Hye Won (KOR)

Guru qualify for main-draw with win over higher ranked Japanese opponent ... But having tough match against WR #1 Chinese opponent Chen Long ... Kashyap also facing top-8 Chinese opponent Zhengming and Shrikanth facing Danish opponent Vittinghus.

Saina is defending champion so defending this title is important for her to retain WR #1 ranking.