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This is an archive article published on December 18, 2009

Chetan survives,Bhat crashes out of Modi B’minton

Kwong Beng Chan of Malaysia caused a flutter in the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Badminton Tournament when he shocked second seed Arvind Bhat 15-21,21-19,21-14 in the men’s singles pre-quarters...

Kwong Beng Chan of Malaysia caused a flutter in the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Badminton Tournament when he shocked second seed Arvind Bhat 15-21,21-19,21-14 in the men’s singles pre-quarters after an hour long battle at the UP Badminton Academy hall here on Thursday. An upset was also caused in the women’s singles event when India’s Sikky Reddy stunned third seed Maja Tvrdy of Slovenia 21-16,21-14.

Things were quite rough for top seed Chetan Anand as well. Unseeded Malaysian,Adnan Fauzi,after losing the first game easily,won the next 22-20. However,it was Chetan who prevailed in the 58 minute long clash,winning 21-11,20-22,21-17.

Others who made it to the men’s singles quarters were Anup Sridhar (seeded 6),Indonesia’s Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (seeded 3),Parupalli Kashyap (seeded 4),Sai Praneet B,RMV Guru Sai Dutt (seeded 8) and fifth seed Dyonisius Hayom Rumbaka of Indonesia.

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In the women’s section,as expected,Saina Nehwal defeated Chitralekha 21-9,21-7 in 19 minutes to sail into the quarter-final. Second seed Maria Febe Kusumastuti of Indonesia beat Dhanya Nair of India 21-12,21-6. Others to advance to the last eight stage were Jeanine Cicognini of Switzerland,Trupti Murgunde,Fransiska Ratnasari of Indonesia,Aditi Mutatkar and qualifier PV Sindhu.

Chetan will face Anup Sridhar while Saina faces Franciska Ratnasari in their respective quarter-final matches tomorrow.

THE RESULTS:-

Men’s singles (pre-quarters): P Kashyap (Ind) bt Dieter Domke (Ger) 21-12,19-21,21-17; Andre Kurniawan Tedjono (Ina) bt Latif Mohamad Arif Abdul (Mas) 21-15,21-16; Sai Praneet B (Ind) bt Nikhil Kanetkar (Ind) 6-2 (retd); Anup Sridhar (Ind) bt Eshan Navqi (Ind) 21-14,21-11; Kwong Beng Chan (Mas) bt Arvin Bhatt (Ind) 15-21,21-19,21-14; Chetan Anand (Ind) bt Adnan Fauzi (Ina) 21-11,20-22,21-17; Dyonisius Hayom Rumbaka (Ina) bt Mohammadreza Kheradmandi (Ir) 21-7,21-14; Gurusaidatta (Ind) bt Ajay Jayram (Ind) 16-21,21-8,21-12.

Women’s singles (pre-quarters): Maria Febe Kusumastuti (Ina) bt Dhanya Nair (Ind) 21-12,21-6; Aditi Mutatkar (Ind) Neha Pandit (Ind) 21-16,21-18; PV Sindhu (Ind) bt Mohita Sahdev (Ind) 21-12,21-14; Sikki Reddy (Ind) bt Maja Tvrdy (Slo) 21-16,21-14; Saina Nehwal (Ind) bt Chitralekha (Ind) 21-9,21-7; Fransiska Ratnasari (Ina) bt Misaki Matsutomo (Jpn) 21-13,21-15; Jeanine Cicognini (Sui) bt Parssa Naqvi (Ind) 21-10,21-13; Trupti Murgunde (Ind) bt Hirayama Yu (Jpn) 17-21,21-18,23-21.

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Men’s doubles (-pre-quarters): kshay Dewalkar/Jishnu Sanyal (Ind) bt Davinder Dhillon/Hemant Duggal (Ind) 21-4,21-18; Alwin Francis/Shanker Gopan (Ind) bt MohitKamat/Venkatesh Prasad (Ind) 21-10,21-15; Sanave Thomas/V Diju (Ind) Venkat Gaurav/Manish Gupta (Ind) 21-13,21-14; Tarun Kona/Arun Vishnu (Ind) bt Sai Praneet B/Pranav Chopra (Ind) 18-21,21-11,21-18; Arun Nandaluri/Srujan Nandaluri (Ind) bt Abhinn Shyam Gupta/Ajay Singh Bishen (Ind) 21-19,21-17; Adnan Fauzi/Tri Kusumwardana (Ina) bt Attri Manu/Shivam Sharma (Ind) 21-16,25-23; M Kheradmandi/Ali Shahhosseini (Iri) bt Jayan James/PH Suraj (Ind) 13-21,21-19,22-20; HS Prannoy/Eshan Naqvi (Ind) bt Raj Kumar/Anil Kumar Raju (disqualified).

Women’s doubles (pre-quarters): Nadya Melati/Devi Tika Permatasari (Ina) bt Dhanya Nair/Anita Ohlan (Ind) 21-16,21-9; Lotte Jonathans/Doorsemalen Paulien Van (Ned) bt Poonam Gurung/Sabina Panthi (Nep) 21-6,21-6; Misaki Matsutomo/Akaya Takahashi (Jpn) bt PV Sindhu/Saili Rane (Ind) 21-14,21-8; Megha Marin Ninan/Prajakta Sawant (Ind) bt Anjali Kalitha/Jyotshna Polavarapu (Ind) 21-4,14-21,24-22; Aparna Balan/Shruti Kurian (Ind) bt Chitralekha/Parssa Naqvi (Ind) 21-12,21-19; Meenakshi Nair/Mohita Sehdev (Ind) bt Jyoti Sharma/Neha Verma (Ind) 21-2,21-8; Pradnya Gadre/Nitya Sosale (Ind) bt Kristi Das/Abantika Deka (Ind) 21-8,21-11.

Mixed doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Devi Tika Permatsari/Adnan Fauzi (Ina) bt Juhi Dewangan/Venkat Gaurav (Ind) 21-11,21-11; Aparna Balan/Arun Vishnu (Ind) bt Kristi Das/Anirban Chetia (Ind) 21-9,21-10; Nadya Melati/Tri Kusumawardana (Ina) got w/o from Jayasinghe Thilni/Nuwan Hettiarachchi (Sri); Shruti Kurian/Tarun Kona (Ind) bt Anjali Kalitha/Jayan James (Ind) 21-16,21-10; Pradnya Gadre/Akdhay Dewalkar (Ind) bt Poonam Gurung/Sajan Krishna (Nep) 21-5,21-6; Nitya Sosale/Jishnu Sanyal (Ind) bt Mohita Sahdev/Tanvir Gill (Ind) 21-9,21-16; Prajakta Sawant/Pranav Chopra (Ind) bt Megha Marin Ninan/K Nandgopal (Ind) 21-11,21-19.

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