Badminton News
At $15K Open Volant d Or De Toulouse 2009, France

[QF] (3) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt (8) Christian Lind Thomsen (DEN,60) 18-21 21-11 21-14
[QF] (Q) Aditya Prakash (IND,UNR) l (2) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,32) 10-21 13-21
[QF] (6) Neha Pandit (IND,69) l (3) Kati Tolmoff (EST,47) 12-21 20-22
[QF] Sayali Gokhale (IND,203) bt (Q) Atu Rosalina (INA,UNR) 21-15 16-21 21-16

[QF] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) l (2) Rasmus Bonde (DEN)/ Mikkel Delbo Larsen (DEN) 16-21 15-21

[SF] (3) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt (Q) Pablo Abian (ESP,169) 16-21 21-19 21-9
[SF] Sayali Gokhale (IND,203) l (2) Jill Pittard (ENG,43) 21-19 15-21 16-21

[F] (3) Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) vs (2) Rajiv Ouseph (ENG,32)

Only Sayali and P. Kashyap managed to score wins in quarters ... But Sayali lost semi-final in 3 games against top-45 and British no. 2 Jill Pittard.

Other hand P. Kashyap scored 2 comeback victories after losing first game ... So with this win Kashyap is in 2nd final in 2 weeks ... In final he is facing British no. 2 Rajiv Ouseph, who already defeated 2 Indians in this tournament.