Badminton News
At $250K Hong Kong Super Series 2009,

[R2] Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponappa (IND) l (3) Jing DU (CHN)/ Yang YU (CHN) 9-21 10-21
[R2] (8) Diju Valiyaveetil (IND)/ Jwala Gutta (IND) l Anthony CLARK (ENG)/ Donna KELLOGG (ENG) 29-27 13-21 18-21
[R2] Rupesh Kumar (IND)/ Sanave Thomas (IND) l (6) Alven Yulianto Chandra (INA)/ Hendra Aprida Gunawan (INA) 17-21 21-17 13-21

Rupesh and Sanave produced excellent fighting performance against seeded Indonesian pair in this 55 mins match ... After losing first game they won second one but in decided Indonesian pair were too strong.

Diju and Jwala made shocking exit in 50 mins against unranked British pair ... They mananged to win first game after long battle but then British pair dominated next 2 games ... This was lost opportunity for Diju and Jwala, as they were only seeded pair in bottom draw ... So was in chance of making first final in Super Series ... Chinese 3rd seed pair crushed Jwala and Ashwini in 19 mins ... With that Indian challenge got over in this Hong Kong Super Series ... Hopefully next week all they perform better in China Super Series.