Badminton News
At $250K China Super Series 2009,

[R2] Arvind Bhat (IND,23) l (8) Dwi Kuncoro Sony (INA,9) 15-21 16-21
[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,6) l (Q) Jingyun Xia (CHN,206) 21-17 8-21 13-21
[R2] Chetan Anand (IND,17) vs Pengyu Du (CHN,39) 19-21 9-21

After losing first game Jingyun Xia outperformed Saina in next 2 games ... Sony scored straight games victory without facing much problem.

In first game Du take early lead and Chetan tried catching game but in second game Du was too strong for Chetan taking early 0-7 lead, after that Chetan challenge was over.

Interesting to note only 1 seeded player is in women quarters, i.e. 6th seed Chinese Yanjiao Jiang ... Today 4 seeded players lost in 2nd round, those r Chinese WR #1 Yihan Wang, Chinese WR #2 Lin Wang, Danish WR #3 Tine Rassmussen and Saina ... 7 out 8 quarter finalists r Chinese and only Malaysian Mew Choo Wong managed to stop all Chinese affair, who upset WR #1.
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At $15K 2009 Bank of Scotland International Badminton Championships, Glasgow

[R1] Sourabh Verma (IND,354) bt Bruce Flockhart (SCO,UNR) 21-12 21-17
[R1] Abhimanyu Singh (IND,250) bt Kenneth Young (SCO,285) 21-11 21-7
[R1] Trupti Murgunde (IND,62) bye
[R1] Arundhati Pantawane (IND,268) l (6) Anu Nieminen (FIN,44) 16-21 19-21
[R1] Sayali Gokhale (IND,73) bt Lauren Smith (ENG,457) 21-3 21-9
[R1] Neha Pandit (IND,85) bt Barbara Matia (FRA,121) 23-21 14-21 21-13
[R1] Gayatri Vartak (IND,224) bt Helena Lewczynska (ENG,UNR) 21-16 21-17

[R1] (3) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) bye
[R1] Pradnya Gadre (IND)/ Nitya Sosale (IND) l Heather Olver (ENG)/ Sarah Walker (ENG) 13-21 21-13 12-21

[R2] Sourabh Verma (IND,354) vs Jakub Bitman (CZE,174)
[R2] Abhimanyu Singh (IND,250) vs Philippe Charron (CAN,460)
[R2] Trupti Murgunde (IND,62) vs Valerie St Jacques (CAN,205)
[R2] Sayali Gokhale (IND,73) vs Phyllis Chan (CAN,158)
[R2] Neha Pandit (IND,85) vs Gayatri Vartak (IND,224)

[R2] (3) Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) vs Phyllis Chan (CAN)/ Jocelyn Ko (CAN)

Trupti is improving her ranking rapidly and again ready to back in top-50 where she was before her injury break ... Last week at Norwegian Internationals she reached in quarters ... This week with our other players she is participating in Scottish championship.