Badminton News
At $120K Yonex Sunrise India Open 2009, Hyderabad (GP Gold)

[R2] Thulasi P.C (IND,UNR) l (6) Yu HIRAYAMA (JPN,31) 11-21 18-21
[R2] Sampada SAHASTRABUDDHE (IND,213) l Beiwen ZHANG (SIN,113) 18-21 17-21
[R2] (Q) Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND,UNR) l (5) Julia Pei Xian WONG (MAS,15) 16-21 16-21
[R2] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,9) bt Hung Yung CHAN (HKG,284) 21-8 21-8

[R2] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND)/ Pranav CHOPRA (IND) l (5) Joko RIYADI (INA)/ Candra WIJAYA (INA) 12-21 6-21
[R2] (4) Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) l Zhiben CHEN (CHN)/ Tao JIAMING (CHN) 19-21 18-21
[R2] Akshay DIWALKAR (IND)/ Jishnu SANYAL (IND) l (7) Chung Chiat KHOO (MAS)/ Soon Hock ONG (MAS) 18-21 18-21

[R2] (3) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Shruti KURIAN (IND) bt Pradnya GADRE (IND)/ Prajakta SAWANT (IND) 21-15 19-21 21-15

[R2] (2) Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) bt Xiaolong LIU (CHN)/ Jinhua TANG (CHN) 21-10 21-15
[R2] Mohita SACHDEV (IND)/ Tanveer GILL (IND) l Tantowi AHMAD (INA)/ Puspita Richi DILI (INA) 3-21 6-21

[R3] (16) Anand PAWAR (IND,47) l Long CHEN (CHN,147) 12-21 12-21
[R3] (13) Anup SRIDHAR (IND,48) l Chun Seang TAN (MAS,73) 21-9 19-21 18-21
[R3] (9) Arvind BHAT (IND,28) l (2) Taufik HIDAYAT (INA,7) 14-21 11-21

[QF] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,9) vs (5) Julia Pei Xian WONG (MAS,15)

[QF] (3) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Shruti KURIAN (IND) vs Chiou Hwee HAW (MAS)/ Yujia LI (SIN)

[QF] (2) Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) vs Tao JIAMING (CHN)/ Xiaoli WANG (CHN)

Very disappointing stuff from our singles shuttlers, only Saina managed to reach quarters ... In MXD Diju and Jwala scored good victory against Chinese pair.

Its really sad to see that our players fialing to take advantage of home tournaments.