Badminton News
At $80K Yonex German Open Grand Prix, Mulheim

[R2] (9) Arvind Bhat (IND,28) bt Kestutis Navickas (LTU,55) 21-17 17-21 23-21
[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,45) l (5) Andrew Smith (ENG,21) 21-14 14-21 8-21
[R2] (15) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) bt Marcel Reuter (GER,104) 21-18 21-13
[R2] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,13) bt Kay Bin Yeoh (MAS,129) 23-21 21-12

[R2] (4) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) bt Halim Haryanto Ho (USA)/ Yun Peng (USA) 21-10 21-12

[R3] (9) Arvind Bhat (IND,28) vs (5) Andrew Smith (ENG,21)
[R3] (15) Anup Sridhar (IND,38) vs (3) Choong Hann Wong (MAS,14)
[R3] (2) Chetan Anand (IND,13) vs (16) Hans-Kristian Vittinghus (DEN,40)

Anand lost after winning the first game against top-25 British player ... But Arvind Bhat won very tricky match where he stretched in the third game ... Chetan also surprisingly struggled in the first game but then won second game convincingly ... Anup scored easy victory and facing Andrew Smith in the next round.

Another easy victory for Diju and Jwala to move into quarters.