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At $15K VIII Italian International 2008, Roma

[Q1] Abhimanyu Singh (IND,277) l Pedro Martins (POR,233) 20-22 17-21
[Q1] Sourabh Verma (IND,340) bt Vidre Vibowo (FRA,UNR) 21-14 14-21 21-10
[Q1] Rajah M. V. Gurusaidatt (IND,373) bt Rainer Kaljumäe (EST,316) 21-13 22-20
[Q1] Gayatri Vartak (IND,178) l (3) Natalia Pocztowiak (POL,130) 21-13 16-21 16-21

[Q1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) bt (3) Daniel Grassmück (AUT)/ Roman Zirnwald (AUT) 21-17 24-22

[Q2] Sourabh Verma (IND,340) bt (4) Vladimir Malkov (RUS,180) 21-18 13-21 21-19
[Q2] Rajah M. V. Gurusaidatt (IND,373) bt Giovanni Traina (ITA,402) 21-10 21-17

[Q2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) bt Maxime Michel (FRA)/ Maxime Renault (FRA) 21-8 21-19

[Q3] Rajah M. V. Gurusaidatt (IND,373) bt Sourabh Verma (IND,340) 21-8 21-9

[R1] (Q) Rajah M. V. Gurusaidatt (IND,373) bt Koen Ridder (NED,138) 19-21 21-11 21-13
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,95) bt Martina Benesova (CZE,125) 21-23 21-16 21-17

[R1] (Q) Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Ruben Gordown Khosadalina (ESP)/ Stenny Kusuma (ESP)

[R2] Neha Pandit (IND,95) vs (5) Jill Pittard (ENG,47)
[R2] (Q) Rajah M. V. Gurusaidatt (IND,373) vs (3) Dicky Palyama (NED,32)

RMV Gurusaidatt continued with his excellent performance of last week ... Sourabh Verma was unlucky to face him in the final qualifying ... Pair of Akshay Dewalkar and Jishnu Sanyal also qualified with good win over higher seeded pairs.

RMV Gurusaidatt and Neha had fighting win in the first round but in second round they r having tougher challenge of top-50 players.