Badminton News
At $50K New Zealand Open Grand Prix 2009, North Shore, Auckland

[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,127) l (5) Eriko Hirose (JPN,50) 12-21 14-21

[R3] Gurusaidatt R.M.V. (IND,98) l (1) Yan Kit Chan (HKG,10) 13-21 11-21
[R3] (7) Anand Pawar (IND,46) bt Andreas Adityawarman (INA,161) 21-16 18-21 21-7
[R3] (6) Anup Sridhar (IND,45) l Wing Ki Wong (HKG,71) W/O
[R3] Aditya Prakash (IND,313) l Yoga Pratama (INA,234) 23-21 15-21 11-21

[R1] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND) bt Ashraf Dhoray (NZL)/ Delius Tang (NZL) 21-17 21-14
[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) bt Oliver Leydon-Davis (NZL)/ Henry Tam (NZL) 16-21 21-16 21-15

[R1] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bt Deyanira Angulo (MEX)/ Poh Lin Teo (NZL) 21-3 21-9
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Nitya Sosale (IND) bt Anona Pak (NZL)/ Aviva Pak (NZL) 21-9 21-9
[R1] Anjali Kalita (IND)/ Jyotshna Polavarapu (IND) bt Madeleine Stapleton (NZL)/ Melissa Yin (NZL) 21-8 21-8

[R1] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) bt (8) Oliver Leydon-Davis (NZL)/ Emma Chapple (NZL) 21-6 21-7
[R1] Jishnu Sanyal (IND)/ Nitya Sosale (IND) l (6) Joe Wu (NZL)/ Danielle Barry (NZL) 16-21 19-21

[R2] (1) Rupesh K. T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Tarun Kona (IND)/ Arun Vishnu (IND)
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Jishnu Sanyal (IND) vs Kerrin Harrison (NZL)/ Leck S Tham (NZL)

[R2] Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) vs Leanne Choo (AUS)/ Karyn Velez (PHI)
[R2] Anjali Kalita (IND)/ Jyotshna Polavarapu (IND) vs Amanda Brown (NZL)/ Suzannah Leydon-Davis (NZL)
[R2] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Nitya Sosale (IND) vs (2) Anneke Feinya Agustine (INA)/ Anisa Wahyuni (INA)

[R2] (5) Arun Vishnu (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) vs James Eunson (NZL)/ Stephanie Cheng (NZL)
[R2] Akshay Dewalkar (IND)/ Pradnya Gadre (IND) vs Yogendran Krishnan (MAS)/ Anita Raj Kaur (MAS)
[R2] Tarun Kona (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) vs (3) Muhammad Rijal (INA)/ Debby Susanto (INA)

[QF] (7) Anand Pawar (IND,46) vs Kazushi Yamada (JPN,57)

In singles only Anand Pawar managed to move into quarters after stretched to third game against below 150 rank Indonasian ... Anup Sridhar gave walkover to his opponent, hoping not again heel injury scare.

In MXD Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre scored impressive victory against 8th seed local pair.