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At BWF Thomas Uber Cup Finals 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Thomas Cup - Group D
India bt Australia 4-1

Kashyap Parupalli (IND,33) bt Jeff Tho (AUS,169) 21-8 21-10
Arvind Bhat (IND,36) bt Chad Whitehead (AUS,348) 21-6 21-12
Gurusaidutt R.M.V (IND,58) bt Stuart Gomez (AUS,UNR) 21-15 21-13
Sanave Thomas (IND)/ Rupesh Kumar (IND) l Glenn Warfe (AUS)/ Ross Smith (AUS) 20-22 18-21
Diju Viliyaveetil (IND) / Akshay Dewalkar (IND) bt Raj Veeran (AUS)/ Chad Whitehead (AUS) 21-12 21-17

Uber Cup - Group D
India l South Korea 1-4

Saina Nehwal (IND,6) bt Seung Hee Bae (KOR,16) 20-22 21-18 21-17
Jwala Gutta (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) l Hyo Jung Lee (KOR)/ Min Jung Kim (KOR) 11-21 13-21
Aditi Mutatkar (IND,38) l Ji Hyun Sung (KOR,26) 23-21 11-21 14-21
Shruti Kurian (IND)/ Aparna Balan (IND) l Kyung Won Lee (KOR)/ Jung Eun Ha (KOR) 13-21 11-21
Sayali Ghokale (IND,58) l Yun Hwa Lee (KOR,196) 10-21 21-19 12-21

Expected win against Australia to moved into quarter-final but shocking defeat of our WR #18 pair, Rupesh and Sanave, against WR #100 pair, Glenn Warfe and Ross Smith.

Crucial match to decide group winner and little weaker opponent in the semis ... Saina needed to play her best game to beat Korean after losing first game ... Match duration was 67 mins, so it also showing improvement in Saina's physical condition ... Koreans showed their dominance in doubles dismissing Jwala/Ashwini in 21 mins ... Aditi won first game after saving 1 game point ... Aditi was up 10-6 in second game but Korean won 13 points in a row to won second game easily ... In decider Aditi tried her best, after down early in the game she caught up with Korean at 13-all but again Korean show her superiority winning next 7 points ... Aditi saved 1 match point before losing in 54 mins ... Another comfortable win by Korean pair in second doubles rubber to secured the tie.