Badminton News
At $50K Australian Open Grand Prix, Victoria, Melbourne

[R2] (1) Rupesh K. T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Vincent Choo (AUS)/ Andrew Harvey (AUS) 21-11 21-5
[R2] (4) Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bt Oliver Leydon-Davis (NZL)/ Henry Tam (NZL) 21-14 21-18
[R2] (3) Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) bt Brendan Chu (AUS)/ Nathan David (AUS) 21-10 21-15

[R2] (3) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Nguyen Nhung Le Ngoc (VIE)/ Kristina Ludikova (CZE) 21-14 19-21 23-21
[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Nitya Sosale (IND) l Emma Chapple (NZL)/ Stephanie Cheng (NZL) W/O
[R2] Anjali Kalita (IND)/ Jyotshna Polavarapu (IND) bt (4) Amanda Brown (NZL)/ Susannah Leydon-Davis (NZL) 21-14 21-7

[QF] (1) Rupesh K. T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) bt Joel Findlay (AUS)/ Hung Pham (AUS) 21-7 21-12
[QF] (4) Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bt Steven Goh (AUS)/ Tran Hoang Pham (AUS) 21-12 21-17
[QF] (3) Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) bt Ben Mccarthy (AUS)/ Raj Veeran (AUS) 21-18 22-20

[QF] (3) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Eugenia Tanaka (AUS)/ Kate Wilson-Smith (AUS) 21-11 21-11
[QF] Anjali Kalita (IND)/ Jyotshna Polavarapu (IND) bt Emma Chapple (NZL)/ Stephanie Cheng (NZL) 21-13 21-9

[QF] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) l (1) Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama (HKG)/ Hoi Wah Chau (HKG) 4-21 11-21

[QF] (6) Anup Sridhar (IND,45) l (1) Yan Kit Chan (HKG,10) 17-21 18-21
[QF] Aditya Prakash (IND,311) l Alamsyah Yunus (INA,111) 13-21 9-21
[QF] (5) Neha Pandit (IND,73) l (4) Anita Raj Kaur (MAS,94) 21-18 8-21 4-21

[SF] (1) Rupesh K. T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs (4) Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND)
[SF] (3) Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs (2) Teik Chai Gan (MAS)/ Bin Shen Tan (MAS)

[SF] (3) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) vs (1) Danielle Barry (NZL)/ Donna Haliday (NZL)
[SF] Anjali Kalita (IND)/ Jyotshna Polavarapu (IND) vs Chia Chi Huang (AUS)/ He Tian Tang (AUS)

Our singles challenge got over in quarters bu in doubles our 5 pair reached in semis.