Badminton News -
At $5K 43rd Yonex Portuguese International Championships,

[QF] Anand Pawar (IND,101) bt Jun Takemura (JPN,132) 18-21 21-16 21-16
[QF] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,244) bt (5) Kevin Cordon (GUA,63) 11-21 21-14 21-14

[SF] Anand Pawar (IND,101) bt (4) Stephan Wojcikiewicz (CAN,65) 21-16 16-21 21-3
[SF] (Q) Ajay Jayaram (IND,244) l Carl Baxter (ENG,103) 15-21 18-21

[QF] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Diju V. (IND) l (4) Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Dean George (ENG) 18-21 21-19 14-21
[QF] (2) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Andrew Ellis (ENG)/ Chris Langridge (ENG) 21-19 14-21 21-17

[SF] (2) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt (3) Jorrit De Ruiter (NED)/ Jurgen Wouters (NED) 21-18 22-20

[F] (2) Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (1) Ruud Bosch (NED)/ Koen Ridder (NED)

[F] Anand Pawar (IND,101) vs Carl Baxter (ENG,103)

Ajay scored another upset comeback win to move in to semis but his luck ended against Englishman Baxter.

But what last few weeks for Anand!!! He is now aiming for his second Internationals title ... He showed solid temperament to produce back to back tough 3 games win.

Rupesh and Sanave Thomas must be hoping for back to back titles.