Archery News
At Archery World Cup (Stage 1), Santo Domingo (31st March to 5th April 2009)

Indian Recurve Men's team of Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar won gold medal in World Cup (Stage 1) at Santo Domingo ... Its creditable performance by archers though not any other Asian country participated in this event.

Indian Compound Women's team of Bheigyabati Chanu, Jhano Hansdah, Manjudha Soy won bronze medal.

In Recurve Women individual enent Dola Banerjee won bronze medal beating her compatriot Reena Kumari.

Recurve Men Team

For Gold medal -
India bt Great Britain 221 - 215

[SF] India bt USA 219 - 215
[QF] India bt Turkey 222 - 203
[R1] India bye

Compound Women Team

For Bronze medal -
India bt Venezuela 219 - 208

[SF] India l USA 220 - 225
[QF] India bt Colombia 207 - 200

Recurve Women Individual

For Bronze medal -
Dola Banerjee (IND) bt Reena Kumari (IND) 102 (T9) - 102 (T7)

[SF] Dola Banerjee (IND) l Alison Williamson (GBR) 95 - 101
[SF]Reena Kumari (IND) l Natalia Valeeva (ITA) 104 - 111

[QF] Dola Banerjee (IND) bt Laishram Bombayla Devi (IND) 106 (T9;9) - 106 (T9;10)
[QF] Reena Kumari (IND) bt Mariana Avitia (MEX) 103 - 100

Tennis News
At $220K MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach, USA (Green Clay)

Doubles
[R1] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs Melinda Czink (HUN)/ Lilia Osterloh (USA)

After reaching semis in doubles at Masters tournament Sania improved her ranking to #68 from #87 ... Chia-Jung also climbed couple of places to #17 ... This week also they r playing together in MPS Group Championships.

Today Sania playing her singles first round match against Alona Bondarenko @ 2:00 pm local time on centre court.
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At $50K Lousiana Challenger, Baton Rouge, USA

Doubles
[Q1] (2) Somdev DevVarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) bt (WC) Marco Cacopardo (USA)/ Craig Schwartz (USA) 62 60
[Q2] Somdev DevVarman (IND)/ Treat Conrad Huey (PHI) vs Ricardas Berankis (LTU)/ Karlis Lejnieks (LAT)

[R1] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Scott Oudsema (USA) vs (2) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)
[R1] (1) Rajeev Ram (USA)/ Bobby Reynolds (USA) vs Brian Battistone (USA)/ Samuel Groth (AUS)

So Harsh having good doubles partner, Scott Oudsema ... Though they r facing 2nd seed Ratiwatanas in first round still I m hoping win from this pair against off-color Ratiwatanas ... Other hand Som is playing with his college partner Treat in doubles qualifying.
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Hockey News
At the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup 2009, Ipoh, Malaysia

India dw Egypt 2-2

Goal Scored - Sandeep Singh (IND) 15' PC, Shivendra Singh (IND) 49' PC and Mohamed Hassan (EGY) 8' PC, Mohamed El Saied (EGY) 70' PC

Malaysia bt Pakistan 3-2

India started on a disastrous note with debutant Egypt holding them 2-2 in their opening match on Sunday in Sultan Azlan Shah Cup ... Again India paid dearly in their age-old problem of conceding last-minute goals as Egypt pulled off an unlikely draw in the 70th minute through Mohamed El Saied's penalty corner strike after Indians went into ultra-defensive mode.

Tennis News
At $220K MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach, USA (Green Clay)

[R1] (7) BONDARENKO Alona (UKR,36) vs MIRZA Sania (IND,100)

Tough draw for Sania but after last week's good performance in Masters doubles we can expect some fireworks.
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At €450K Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco (Red Clay)

[R1] BOPANNA Rohan (IND) /ZOVKO Lovro (CRO) vs BELLUCCI Thomaz (BRA) /BUTORAC Eric (USA)
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At $50K Lousiana Challenger, Baton Rouge, USA

[R1] (8) Somdev DevVarman (IND,150) vs Kyu Tae Im (KOR,253)
[R1] (WC) Rajeev Ram (USA,203) vs Nick Lindahl (AUS,297)

Easy draw for Som but these days its difficult to predict anything for Som in Challengers ... Harsh is playing in doubles still no partner is decided.

Football News
At I-League 2008/09 - 1st April

Mumbai FC dw Chirag United 0-0

These points r important for Chirag United to avoid relegation.
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2nd April
Dempo SC bt Mohammedan Sportings 4-1

Goal Scored - Ranty Martins (DSC) 8' & 22', Roberto Mendes D’Silva (DSC) 34', Joaquim Abranches (DSC) 88' and Mike Okoro (MSC) 68'
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Mohun Bagan bt Vasco SC 3-0

Goal Scored - Ishfaq Ahmed (MB) 42', Jose Ramirez Baretto (MB) 62', NS Manju (MB) 80'
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3rd April
East Bengal bt JCT 2-1

Goal Scored - Yusuf Yakubu (EB) 35' & 69' and Eduardo da Silva Escobar (JCT) 75'

Tennis News
At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[SF] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) l (3) Kveta Peschke (CZE)/ Lisa Raymond (USA) 67(5) 46

Sania and Chia-Jung's fairytale ended in semis against 3rd seed pair ... In both sets they fought until end but despite losing they must be happy about their performance ... Overall satisfying Masters tournament for this Asian pair.

Badminton News

On April 2 declared ranking list, Saina Nehwal climbed to her personal best singles ranking #8 ... Aditi managed to remain inside top-40 and Neha Pandit also improved to her personal best singles ranking #82.

Chetan slided down to #13, Arvind remained on #28 but Anup improved his ranking to #40 ... Kashyap also remianed inside top-45 but Anand Pawar found himself outside top-50.

After reaching final at India Open mixed pair of Diju Valiyaveetil and Jwala Gutta created history becoming first India pair into top-10 world badminton ranking, they r on #10.

Tennis News
At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[QF] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (2) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/ Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 63 76(4)

Sania and Chia-Jung scored huge upset over 2nd seed pair in 1 hr 30 mins ... They broke opponent's serve 5 times from 9 chances, other hand Spanish pair managed only 3 breaks from 7 chances ... Good to see our pair managed to overcome 2nd seed pair in straight sets ... Mostly they will face 3rd seed pair in semis.

Until now Sania gathered 450 pts from her doubles performance, that will push her ranking back in top-70 from current #87 ... Chuang will also climb back inside to 15 from her current ranking #19.

Golf News

India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar fulfilled any golfers childhood dream of playing in the British Open with winning the International Final Qualifying – Asia on Wednesday ... Top four players were going to qualify for a Master tournaent, Gagan started the day in T8 position and four shots off the leader but he carded superb a blemish free round of a four-under-par 67 to win title and book ticket of playing with the world’s elite at the British Open in Turnberry, Scotland in July.

Gaganjeet Bhullar - “I actually set a target of five-under for today, although I managed to finish in four-under. But it’s okay. I’m really happy now that I’m on my way to the British Open. I played really well today and it’s all thanks to Dr Pradeep Aggarwal whom has helped me a lot in improving my mental strength. Without his teachings, I doubt I would have gone this far. I’ve been watching the British Open since I was a kid and to actually get to play there is truly a dream come true.”

At the International Final Qualifying – Asia, Sentosa (for The British Open)

1 Gaganjeet BHULLAR (IND) 69 67 -6
2 LIANG Wen-chong (CHN) 72 66 -4
3 Terry PILKADARIS (AUS) 67 72 -3
4 Tim STEWART (AUS) 70 70 -2 (Stewart qualified for The Open after winning in the play-off of 9 players who tied at 2-under)

Tennis News
At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) l Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK) 36 36

[QF] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) vs (2) Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)/ Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP)

Another disapointing performance by Lee and Lukas in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event to lose easily against unseeded pair.

Tennis News
At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[R2] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt (8) Maria Kirilenko (RUS)/ Flavia Pennetta (ITA) 46 76(5) 10(4)

Superb comeback victory in super tie-break over seeded pair ... Mostly they will face 2nd seed pair in quarters.

Badminton News
At $120K Yonex Sunrise India Open 2009, Hyderabad (GP Gold)

[F] (2) Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) l (3) Flandy LIMPELE (INA)/ Vita MARISSA (INA) 14-21 17-21

Diju and Jwala failed to win title at India Open ... After women doubles Vita Marissa again was instumental for Jwala's loss with Diju in MXD.

Tennis News
At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[R1] Chia-Jung Chuang (TPE)/ Sania Mirza (IND) bt Iveta Benesova (CZE)/ Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 64 75

[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) bt Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)/ Juan Monaco (ARG) 62 62
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) l Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 63 75 (6)10

[R2] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Frantisek Cermak (CZE)/ Michal Mertinak (SVK)

Sania and Chia-Jung had winning start in Mastrs doubles ... But Mahesh and Mark lost against singles specialist Frenchmen in the first hurdle ... Other hand Lee and Lukas scored very easy victory against South American pair to move into second round.
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At $50K Khorat Challenger, Thailand

[QF] Rajeev Ram (USA,203) bt (SE) Noam Okun (ISR,347) 46 76(5) 64
[SF] Rajeev Ram (USA,203) l (1) Andreas Beck (GER,104) 26 62 46

Doubles
[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Harel Levy (ISR)/ Noam Okun (ISR) 76(5) 36 10(6)

[F] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt (4) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchai Ratiwatana (THA) 63 67(5) 10(5)

Good performance by Rajeev to reached semis in singles.

Rohan and Aisam scored very fighting win to won their 6th challenger title ... In semis they had tough match against experienced Israeli pair but they pulled off in super tie-break ... In final they faced local favorite Ratiwatana brothers, who tried comeback winning second set in tie-break but our pair didn't lose focus and scored another super tie-break win to lift another challenger level title.
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At $50K Jersey Challenger, Channel Islands

[QF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) bt Fritz Wolmarans (RSA)/ Michael Yani (USA) 64 57 10(6)

[SF] Harsh Mankad (IND)/ Brian Battistone (USA) l (2) Eric Butorac (USA)/ Travis Rettenmaier (USA) 16 76(11) (7)10

Good performance after last 4 weeks disappointment for Harsh and Brian ... This week they scored 2 super tie-break victories and lost against eventual champion pair in super tie-break.

Badminton News
At $120K Yonex Sunrise India Open 2009, Hyderabad (GP Gold)

[QF] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,9) l (5) Julia Pei Xian WONG (MAS,15) 21-12 13-21 18-21

[QF] (3) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Shruti KURIAN (IND) bt Chiou Hwee HAW (MAS)/ Yujia LI (SIN) 21-19 21-16
[SF] (3) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Shruti KURIAN (IND) l Vita MARISSA (INA)/ Nadya MELATI (INA) 17-21 9-21

[QF] (2) Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) bt Tao JIAMING (CHN)/ Xiaoli WANG (CHN) 21-13 21-13
[SF] (2) Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) bt Jien Guo ONG (MAS)/ Sook Chin CHONG (MAS) 21-19 21-19

[F] (2) Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) vs (3) Flandy LIMPELE (INA)/ Vita MARISSA (INA)

And with Saina's loss our challenge ended in singles ... After winning first game easily Saina played very error-prone game ... She did too many silly mistakes near net.

Jwala and Shruti performed as per their ranking but lost their semis very easily against unranked Indonasian team.

Diju and Jwala also performed as per their ranking to reach final ... They r showing very consistent performance now interesting to see if they lift only title for Indians in India Open.

Football News
At I-League 2008/09 - 27th March

Chirag United dw Dempo 0-0
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28th March
JCT dw Mohun Bagan 1-1

Goal Scored - Amandeep Singh (JCT) 81' and NS Manju (MB) 10'
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Sporting Clube de Goa dw Mahindra United 2-2

Goal Scored - Elijah Obagbemiro Junior (SCG) 28' (P), 77' and Chidi Edeh (MU) 35' (P), Djidjia Douhou Pierre (MU) 53'
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Air-India dw Churchill Brothers 1-1

Goal Scored - Emmanuel Ovieghara (AI) 89' and Felix Chimaokwu (CB) 45+'

Air men scored lae goal to managed draw against leagu leader.

Chess News
Amber Chess Tournament 2009, Nice

Thursday 26 March - Round XI

Blind
Wang Yue - Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½

Rapid
Viswanathan Anand - Wang Yue 1 - 0

As expected Levon Aronian won title after drawing his last games against Topalov with 14 pts ... Anand scored victory in Rapid against Chinese GM Wang Yue playing with white pieces ... Kramnik joined Anand to tied for 2nd place after beating Peter Leko 2-0 to take his tally to 13½ pts ... Other hand Carlsen drew his match against Radjabov after losing Blindfold he scored victory in Rapid.

Tennis News
At $50K Khorat Challenger, Thailand

[QF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Purav Raja (IND)/ Ashutosh Singh (IND) 46 63 13(11)

[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) vs Harel Levy (ISR)/ Noam Okun (ISR)

Nice match for Ashutosh and Purav, if these guys stick together they can be a good pair.

Now Rohan and Aisam should pull title win this week ... They r facing tricky and experienced Israeli pair in semis.

Badminton News
At $120K Yonex Sunrise India Open 2009, Hyderabad (GP Gold)

[R2] Thulasi P.C (IND,UNR) l (6) Yu HIRAYAMA (JPN,31) 11-21 18-21
[R2] Sampada SAHASTRABUDDHE (IND,213) l Beiwen ZHANG (SIN,113) 18-21 17-21
[R2] (Q) Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND,UNR) l (5) Julia Pei Xian WONG (MAS,15) 16-21 16-21
[R2] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,9) bt Hung Yung CHAN (HKG,284) 21-8 21-8

[R2] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND)/ Pranav CHOPRA (IND) l (5) Joko RIYADI (INA)/ Candra WIJAYA (INA) 12-21 6-21
[R2] (4) Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) l Zhiben CHEN (CHN)/ Tao JIAMING (CHN) 19-21 18-21
[R2] Akshay DIWALKAR (IND)/ Jishnu SANYAL (IND) l (7) Chung Chiat KHOO (MAS)/ Soon Hock ONG (MAS) 18-21 18-21

[R2] (3) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Shruti KURIAN (IND) bt Pradnya GADRE (IND)/ Prajakta SAWANT (IND) 21-15 19-21 21-15

[R2] (2) Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) bt Xiaolong LIU (CHN)/ Jinhua TANG (CHN) 21-10 21-15
[R2] Mohita SACHDEV (IND)/ Tanveer GILL (IND) l Tantowi AHMAD (INA)/ Puspita Richi DILI (INA) 3-21 6-21

[R3] (16) Anand PAWAR (IND,47) l Long CHEN (CHN,147) 12-21 12-21
[R3] (13) Anup SRIDHAR (IND,48) l Chun Seang TAN (MAS,73) 21-9 19-21 18-21
[R3] (9) Arvind BHAT (IND,28) l (2) Taufik HIDAYAT (INA,7) 14-21 11-21

[QF] (2) Saina NEHWAL (IND,9) vs (5) Julia Pei Xian WONG (MAS,15)

[QF] (3) Jwala GUTTA (IND)/ Shruti KURIAN (IND) vs Chiou Hwee HAW (MAS)/ Yujia LI (SIN)

[QF] (2) Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND)/ Jwala GUTTA (IND) vs Tao JIAMING (CHN)/ Xiaoli WANG (CHN)

Very disappointing stuff from our singles shuttlers, only Saina managed to reach quarters ... In MXD Diju and Jwala scored good victory against Chinese pair.

Its really sad to see that our players fialing to take advantage of home tournaments.

Tennis News
At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[R1] (WC) Sania Mirza (IND,100) l Mathilde Johansson (FRA,65) 61 67(2)

Doubles
[R1] (4) Leander Paes (IND)/ Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) vs Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)/ Juan Monaco (ARG)
[R1] (3) Mahesh Bhupathi (IND)/ Mark Knowles (BAH) vs Julien Benneteau (FRA)/ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA)

As per stat very weird match ... Sania won first set easily but then Mathilde Johansson matches Sania's game ... She won second set in tie break ... Third set also went to tie break where both players had match points on their serves but atlast Mathilde Johansson converted it to won this match in 2 hours 22 mins ... In this match Sania broke Mathilde Johansson's serve 11 times and Mathilde Johansson broke Sania's serve 8 times ... Mathilde Johansson also had 18 double faults in this match ... In total Sania won 109 pts and Mathilde Johansson won 106 pts ... After looking at stats of so many service breaks and double faults it was clear both players struggled to adjust windy condition at stadium.
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Chess News
Amber Chess Tournament 2009, Nice

Tuesday 25 March - Round X

Blind
Viswanathan Anand - Alexander Morozevich 0 - 1

Rapid
Alexander Morozevich - Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½

Levon Aronian take sole lead with full point after Anand and Carlsen lost their respective matches ½-1½ pts ... Anand lost his blindfold game against Morozevich due to a classical blindfold error.

From Report -
The blindfold game between Anand and Alexander Morozevich ended dramatically when Anand dropped his queen due to a classical error. In the position after Black’s 24th move, 24...Nd5, Anand started his calculations with 25.Nxd5 cxd5 26.Qxd5 and in his mind he went many moves deeper. But when he finally had taken his decision he assumed that he had already executed the first move of his plan and moved his queen to d5. When he saw the answer 25...cxd5 he understood what had happened and resigned.

So now before last round Levon Aronian is leading with 13 pts ... Anand and Carlsen r on 2nd position with 12 pts and Kramnik is ½ pt behind them.

Tennis News
At $4.5M Miami Masters, FL, USA

[R1] (WC) Yuki Bhambri (IND,1147) l Diego Junqueira (ARG,73) 46 36

Yuki started match with serving ... Diego broke Yuki's serve in 3rd game and then both hold their serve until 9th game ... Until this Yuki only managed to win 2 points on Diego's serve ... But in 10th game Yuki had 3 break point chances on Diego's serve but he failed to convert ... So Diego won first set in 36 mins with a single break.

Yuki started badly in second set as his serve got broken in first game ... Bur Yuki had different idea he broken Diego Junqueira's serve on luv to make it 1-all ... Then immediately Diego Junqueira again broke Yuki's serve in third game to take initiative ... In 5th game Yuki saved break point before holding his serve ... In 8th game Yuki created 3 break point chances but again failed to convert those ... And in next game Diego again broke Yuki's serve to finished match in 1 hour 16 minutes.

Decent Match considering his first match in Masters and that also against top-75 player.

Match Stats
1st serve %- 71% for DJ, 52 % for Yuki
1st serve points won - 68% for DJ , 62 % for Yuki
2nd serve points won - 65 % for DJ , 48 % for Yuki
No aces for either players.1 double fault for DJ, 6 for Yuki
Breakpoints comnverted - 4 out of 8 for DJ, 1 out of 7 for Yuki.
Total points won - DJ 68, Yuki 55

Badminton News
At $120K Yonex Sunrise India Open 2009, Hyderabad (GP Gold)

[R2] GURUSAI DATT R.M.V (IND,159) l Long CHEN (CHN,147) 17-21 16-21
[R2] (16) Anand PAWAR (IND,47) bt Kai WEN (CHN,84) 21-15 19-21 21-16
[R2] Abhimanyu SINGH (IND,257) l (8) Tsuen Seng LEE (MAS,21) 16-21 10-21
[R2] (3) Chetan ANAND (IND,12) l Wenlong ZHOU (CHN,216) 9-21 24-22 8-21
[R2] Mohit KAMAT (IND,UNR) l (5) Andre Kurniawan TEDJONO (INA,20) 21-11 8-21 10-21
[R2] TANISHAK K (IND,UNR) l Tommy SUGIARTO (INA,54) 18-21 10-21
[R2] DINESH T (IND,UNR) l (7) Sairul Amar AYOB (MAS,26) 15-21 10-21
[R2] (13) Anup SRIDHAR (IND,48) bt Anushuman HAZARIKA (IND,UNR) 21-8 21-8
[R2] Rohan CASTELINO (IND,206) l Beng Hong KUAN (MAS,41) 16-21 8-21
[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,UNR) l Yanbo QIU (CHN,87) 20-22 12-21
[R2] (9) Arvind BHAT (IND,28) bt Yong Zhao Ashton CHEN (SIN,255) 21-10 21-12

[R1] Komala DEWI (INA)/ Debby SUSANTO (INA) bt Dhanya NAIR (IND)/ Anita OHLAN (IND) 21-8 21-17
[R1] Marylen Poau Leng NG (MAS)/ Khe Wei WOON (MAS) bt Meenakshi NAIR (IND)/ Mohita SACHDEV (IND) 21-8 21-7
[R1] Wai Chee KOON (MAS)/ Kwan Yi MONG (MAS) bt Manisha K. (IND)/ Sindhu P.V. (IND) 21-13 21-7
[R1] Chiou Hwee HAW (MAS)/ Yujia LI (SIN) bt Thulasi P.C (IND)/ Siki REDDY (IND) 21-14 21-5
[R1] Jo NOVITA (INA)/ Endang NURSUGIANTI (INA) bt Ashwini PONNAPPA (IND)/ Nitya SOSALE (IND) 21-23 21-15 21-18
[R1] Yu HIRAYAMA (JPN)/ Ayaka TAKAHASHI (JPN) bt Kalita ANAJALI (IND)/ Jyotshna POLAVARAPU (IND) 21-18 21-17
[R1] (4) Laura CHOINET (FRA)/ Weny RAHMAWATI (FRA) bt Radhika K. REDDY (IND)/ Deepti SHALINI (IND) 21-2 21-7
[R1] Jinhua TANG (CHN)/ Huan XIA (CHN) bt Aparna BALAN (IND)/ MEENAKSHI B R (IND) 21-13 21-9

[R1] (1) Tan Fook CHOONG (MAS)/ Wan Wah LEE (MAS) bt Vinayak N.N (IND)/ Vinay Kumar K. REDDY (IND) 21-10 21-23 21-7
[R1] (8) Naoki KAWAMAE (JPN)/ Shoji SATO (JPN) bt Alwin FRANCIS (IND)/ Sanker GOPAN (IND) 21-10 21-9
[R1] Tian LI (CHN)/ Ye SHEN (CHN) bt (Q) GURUPRASAD D (IND)/ Vineeth MANUEL (IND) 21-12 21-14
[R1] (4) Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) bt Mohd Lutfi Zaim ABDUL KHALID (MAS)/ Kok Siang TEO (MAS) 23-21 21-17
[R1] Zhiben CHEN (CHN)/ Tao JIAMING (CHN) bt (Q) Jayan JAMES (IND)/ Hersen K.S (IND) 23-21 21-16
[R1] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND)/ Pranav CHOPRA (IND) bt DINESH T (IND)/ Kieran KUMAR (IND) 21-12 21-13
[R1] Wei Shem GOH (MAS)/ Jien Guo ONG (MAS) bt Jaseel P ISMAIL (IND)/ VIDYADHAR J B S (IND) 21-11 21-9
[R1] Alvent Yulianto CHANDRA (INA)/ Hendra Aprida GUNAWAN (INA) bt Anup SRIDHAR (IND)/ Diju VALIYAVEETIL (IND) 21-15 21-7
[R1] Akshay DIWALKAR (IND)/ Jishnu SANYAL (IND) bt (Q) Bennett ANTHONY (IND)/ Suraj P.H (IND) 21-14 17-21 22-20
[R1] (7) Chung Chiat KHOO (MAS)/ Soon Hock ONG (MAS) bt Tarun KONA (IND)/ Arun VISHANU (IND) 21-16 21-17

[R3] (16) Anand PAWAR (IND,47) vs Long CHEN (CHN,147)
[R3] (13) Anup SRIDHAR (IND,48) vs Chun Seang TAN (MAS,73)
[R3] (9) Arvind BHAT (IND,28) vs (2) Taufik HIDAYAT (INA,7)

[R2] (Q) Sai Praneeth B. (IND)/ Pranav CHOPRA (IND) vs (5) Joko RIYADI (INA)/ Candra WIJAYA (INA)
[R2] (4) Rupesh KUMAR (IND)/ Sanave THOMAS (IND) vs Zhiben CHEN (CHN)/ Tao JIAMING (CHN)
[R2] Akshay DIWALKAR (IND)/ Jishnu SANYAL (IND) vs (7) Chung Chiat KHOO (MAS)/ Soon Hock ONG (MAS)

Chetan's inconsistent performance in important tournaments continues ... :-( But as expected 3 A s, Anand, Anup and Arvind, moved into third round.

Expected poor performance in ladies doubles.