Badminton News
At $200K Denmark Open Super Series 2009, Odense

[R2] Anand Pawar (IND,42) l (1) Peter Hoeg Gade (DEN,3) 2-5 Retd
[R2] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) bt (3) Joachim Persson (DEN,11) 17-21 21-12 21-19
[R2] Aravind Bhat (IND,25) l (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14) 17-21 12-21
[R2] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) bt (Q) Sune Gavnholt (DEN,136) 21-19 15-21 21-9

[R2] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) bt Camilla Sorensen (DEN,58) 21-15 21-14
[R2] Aditi Mutatkar (IND,50) l (6) Petya Nedelcheva (BUL,14) 17-21 8-21

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l (5) Miyuki Maeda (JPN)/ Satoko Suetsuna (JPN) 21-18 14-21 19-21
[R2] (4) Diju Valiyaveeti (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Chris Adcock (ENG)/ Gabrielle White (ENG) 21-11 20-22 19-21

[QF] (Q) Gurusaidutt R. M. V. (IND,67) vs (5) Simon Santoso (INA,14)
[QF] (6) Chetan Anand (IND,18) vs (2) Sony Dwi Kuncoro (INA,9)
[QF] (4) Saina Nehwal (IND,9) vs Eriko Hirose (JPN,41)

Expected losses for our players but surprisingly Chetan was struggling against local qualifier ... But in third game he came back strongly ... It looks today Saina played controlled game to score straigh games victory to moved into quarters ... In ladies doubles Jwala and Ashwini started well winning first game but lost in three games producing valiant effort.

Anand Pawar retired in first game ... After winning first game easily somehow 4th seed Diju and Jwala lost the plot ... In next 2 games they were up, in decider they were up by 4 points 16-12 then 17-13 after that by 2 points 18-16 but still they lost against British pair.

Huge upset by Guru ... After losing first game Guru came back strongly winning second game easily ... In decider bot players were going neck to neck but from down 10-11 Persson won 6 points on a row to take 16-11 lead but Guru kept fighting he also draw level to 17-all from 13-17 ... At 19-all Guru earned first match point and converted to script biggest victory of his career in 54 minutes ... His another first victory over top-10 type player.