Gopi does the disappearing act

Other Indians had a field day and the ones to make an impression were the third seed Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Ajit Wijetilek. Gupta beat Maldivian Noosa Nashid, 15-3, 15-5 and Wijetilek was no less impressive while putting out Mohammed Rasel Kabir of Bangladesh 15-10, 15-11.

RESULTS

Men singles (1st round): Ahmed Riyas (Mld) w/o P Gopi Chand (Ind); Palinda Halangoda (SL) w/o Arup Baidya (Ind); Nikhil Kanetkar (Ind) bt S Janaka (SL) 15-5, 15-1; Yeoh Kay Bin (Mas) bt Divender Dhillon (Ind) 15-10, 15-7; Ajit Wijetilek (Ind) bt M Rasal Kabir (Bgd) 15-10, 15-11; Susant Saxena (Ind) bt Abdulla Shakeb (Mld) 15-6, 15-3; Anuj Gupta (Ind) bt M Mamabubudur Rab (Bgd) 15-10, 15-1; MayurGhatnekar (Ind) bt Ali Naser Abdulla (Mld) 15-8, 15-7; Parag Modi (Ind) bt Hassan Riyaz (Mld) 15-2, 15-4; Mangrish Palekar (Ind) bt M Fernando (SL) 15-7, 15-7; Sachin Ratti (Ind) bt S Kumarappuma (SL) 15-8, 15-1; Abhinn Shyam Gupta (Ind) bt Moosa Nashid (Mld) 15-3, 15-5; Srikant Bakshi (Ind) bt U D Kumar (SL) 15-3, 15-2; Chetan Anand (Ind) bt Mohammad Sharath (Mld) 15-1, 15-3; Lee T Suen Seng (Mas) w/o Ahmed Mohammad (Mld).

Men’s doubles (1st round): Anirudh Rao-Anuj Gupta bt Mohabuburrab-M Rasel Kabi (Bng) 15-3, 15-1.