Mixed luck for Indian shuttlers in Korea

It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers at the Korean Open today with Arvind Bhat suffering a shock defeat in the first round. The world No. 49 lost 18-21, 13-21 to local qualifier Hoon Min Jung, ranked 232 in the world.

It was a mixed day for the Indian shuttlers at the Korean Open today with Arvind Bhat suffering a shock defeat in the first round. The world No. 49 lost 18-21, 13-21 to local qualifier Hoon Min Jung, ranked 232 in the world. There was, however, good news in the women’s section when world No. 175 Aditi Mutatkar took apart Kamila Augustyn of Poland, ranked 68 th in the world, 21-10, 21-9 in just 18 minutes.

The win set up a second round clash with world No. 7 Jie Yao of the Netherlands. Saina Nehwal almost missed her berth in the second round.

The world No. 51 was made to sweat by little-known Korean Yeo Sook Yoon before pulling through 21-12, 19-21, 21-18e. Saina next meets Yoshimi Hataya of Japan before coming up against World No. 10 Japan’s Kaori Mori in the third round.

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The gloom over Bhat’s early exit in the men’s section was lifted to an extent by P Kashyap. Ranked 117 in the world, Kashyap breezed past world No. 57 Wei Chung Pei of Malaysia 21-8, 21-10. He was joined in Round II by World No. 35 Anup Sridhar who struggled past China’s Yu Li 22-20, 17-21, 21-19.

Anand Pawar lost 21-19, 19-21, 9-21 to world No. 31 Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong.

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