Mixed day for Indian shuttlers

Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde bowed out after losing their first round singles matches in the World Badminton Championships...

Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde bowed out after losing their first round singles matches in the World Badminton Championships at Kuala Lumpur today.

National champion Anand put up a brave front against ninth seed Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia but went down 21-11, 14-21, 18-21. Murgunde lost to Pui Yin Yip of Hong Kong 17-21, 13-21 in the women’s draw.

The only Indian win today came through the men’s doubles pair of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas, who beat France’s Svetoslav Stoyanov and Mihail Popov 21-9, 21-15. They will meet Hendra A Gunawan and Joko Riyadi of Indonesia in the second round.Anup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal will play their second round singles tomorrow.

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China started in style with world No 4 Chen Jin demolishing his hapless opponent in 21 minutes today. Jin never even got out of first gear against unseeded Marco Vasconcels from Portugal, winning 21-9, 21-5 to move into the second round. ChenYu earlier downed New Zealand’s John Moody 21-13, 21-11.

Malaysia, gunning for their first ever world championship title, had reason to cheer with Muhammad Roslin Hasim despatching Sweden’s Magnus Sahlberg 21-17, 21-9. Malaysia’s mixed doubles pair Tan Wee Kiong and Woon Khe Wei survived a marathon encounter against Canadians Mike Beres and Valerie Loker, eventually winning 18-21, 21-13, 21-11.

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