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SCG Thomas & Uber Cup 2010 Preliminary Asia Zone, Thailand

Thomas Cup
Group A - Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore
Group B - Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Philippines
Group C - India, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Cambodia
Group D - Japan, Korea, Laos

Thomas Cup - Group C

India bt Sri Lanka 5-0

Chetan Anand (IND,15) bt Niluka Karunaratne (SRI,UNR) 21-18 19-21 21-17 (38 mins)
Parupalli Kashyap (IND,30) bt Dinuka Karunaratne (SRI,UNR) 21-11 21-10 (19 mins)
R M V Gurusai Dutt (IND,55) bt Rajitha Dahanayake (SRI,UNR) 21-13 21-9 (18 mins)
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Rupesh Kumar (IND) bt Dinuka Karunaratne (SRI)/ Niluka Karunaratne (SRI) 21-14 18-21 21-12 (32 mins)
V Diju (IND)/ Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Hasitha Chanaka (SRI)/ Rajitha Dahanayake (SRI) 21-11 21-8 (15 mins)

Uber Cup
Group X - Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Sri Lanka
Group Y - Japan, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei, India, Philippines

Uber Cup - Group Y

India bt Hong Kong 3-2

Saina Nehwal (IND,7) bt Mi Zhou (HKG,8) 14-21 21-10 23-21 (50 mins)
Sayali Gokhale (IND,59) l Pui Yin Yip (HKG,13) 13-21 11-21 (26 mins)
Trupti Murgunde (IND,61) bt Tsz Ka Chan (HKG,48) 21-18 21-16 (27 mins)
Jwala Gutta (IND)/Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Mi Zhou (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG) 21-13 21-16 (21 mins)
Aparna Balan (IND)/ Shruti Kurian (IND) l Hoi Wah Chau (HKG)/ Tsz Ka Chan (HKG) 9-21 13-21 (19 mins)

In Uber Cup India having winning start against powerful Hong Kong team ... Good comeback fighting win by Saina against another top-10 player ... But I think #61 Trupti Murgunde scored crucial win against top-50 Hong Kong player to turned this tie in our favor.

In Thomas Cup we started with comfortable win over Sri Lanka ... But surprisingly Sri-lankan unranked players stretched our best singles player and best doubles pair to 3 games.