Sara,Sindhu,Juhi reach Modi b’minton main draw

The main draw matches of the six-day US$ 50,000 prize money tournament start from 9.30 am on Wednesday and will be witnessing the participation of top Indian shuttlers like Saina Nehwal who reached the state capital this evening.

Women’s section top seed Saina Nehwal will face qualifier Juhi Dewangan in her first round match which will be held in the afternoon session. Her match will be followed by the match of men’s section top seed Chetan Anand who will face the winner of R Bajaj and S Nandaluri match in the second round. Chetan has got a bye in the first round.

Secretary Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association (UPBA),Vijai Sinha informed that Jwala Gutta has confirmed her presence at the tournament on Friday to attend her felicitation ceremony. “She has agreed to come for the felicitation ceremony and would also attend the final day’s proceedings too. The top seeded mixed doubles duo of Jwala Gutta and V Diju,withdrew last evening as Jwala is not well,” said Sinha.

Chief Secretary,UP government,Atul Kumar Gupta would be formally inaugurating the tournament at 2.00 pm. DD Sports will show the matches live.

The seedings:-

Men’s Singles: 1. Chetan Anand (India),2. Arvind Bhat (India),3. Andre Kurniwan Tedjono (Indonesia),4. Parupalli Kashyap (India),5. Dyonisius Hayom Rumbaka (Indonesia),6. Anup Sridhar (India),7. Anand Pawar (India),8. RMV Gurusaidatt (India);

Women’s Singles: 1. Saina Nehwal (India),2. Maria Febe Kusumastuti (Indonesia),3. Maja Tvrdy (Slovenia),4. Aditi Mutatkar (India),5. Francisca Ratnasari (Indonesia),6. Jeanine Cicognini (Switzerland),7. Trupti Murgunde (India); 8. Sayali Gokhale (India);

Men’s Doubles: 1. Jishnu Sanyal & Diwalkar Akshay (India),2. Arun Vishu & Tarun Kona (India),3. Ali Shahhosseini & Mohammad-Reza Kheradmandi (Iran),4. Shankar Gopan & Alwin Francis (India);

Women’s Doubles: 1. Shruti Kurian & Aparna Balan (India),2. Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa (India),3. Ayaka Takahashi & Misaki Matsutomo (Japan),4. Anjali Kalita & Jyotshna Polavarapu (India);

Mixed Doubles: 1. V Diju & Jwala Gutta (India; withdrew),2. Arun Vishnu & Aparna Balan (India),3. Tarun Kona & Shruti Kurian (India); 4. Akshay Diwalkar & Pradnya Gadre (India).