Archery News

Jayanta Talukdar qualified for World Cup final to be held in Copenhagen on September 26 with his consistent performance in world cup stage events ... But he had poor outing in last 2 events in South Korea and at Asian GP ... But he is hoping to be find his rhythm at Copenhagen.
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Badminton News
At $200K Yonex Open Japan Super Series 2009, Tokyo

[R1] Kashyap Parupalli (IND,34) vs (Q) Takuma Ueda (JPN,177)
[R1] (8) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs Yanjiao Jiang (CHN,10)

[R1] Rupesh K. T. Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) vs Sung Hyun Ko (KOR)/ Yi Goo Kwon (KOR)
[R1] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs (7) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN)
[R1] (7) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) vs Sudket Prapakamol (THA)/ Saralee Thungthongkam (THA)

Saina dropped to #8 after missing Chinese Super Series due to goof-up by BAI ... This week she is participating in Japanese Super Series with other Indian players ... Saina having worst possible draw as seeded in first round, she is facing WR #10 Chinese Yanjiao Jiang.