Badminton News
At US$200K AVIVA Open Singapore Super Series 2009,

[R1] Chetan Anand (IND,12) l Choong Hann Wong (MAS,23) 18-21 11-21
[R1] Arvind Bhat (IND,24) l (3) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,4) 12-21 21-15 9-21
[R1] (Q) Anup Sridhar (IND,39) bt (Q) Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk (THA,51) 22-20 21-19
[R1] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,42) l Judith Meulendijks (NED,23) 14-21 19-21
[R1] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt (Q) Maja Tvrdy (SLO,51) 18-21 21-11 21-16

[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Imogen Bankier (SCO)/ Donna Kellogg (ENG) 22-20 10-21 12-21
[R1] Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l (6) Zhongbo Xie (CHN)/ Yawen Zhang (CHN) 13-21 14-21

[R2] (6) Saina Nehwal (IND,7) vs Adrianti Firdasari (INA,19)

Very disappointing performance by our players ... Only Saina and Anup scored victoy but both had slow start ... Anup will mostly face WR #2 Peter Gade in next round ... Saina also ahving tricky match against Indonasian Firdasari.