Anup Sridhar and Anand Pawar
were among four Indians who advanced to the pre-quarterfinals
of the New Zealand Open Grand Prix badminton tournament in
Auckland on Tuesday.
|Last Updated: Jul 28, 2009, 05:35 PM IST|Source: Bureau
New Delhi: Anup Sridhar and Anand Pawar
were among four Indians who advanced to the pre-quarterfinals
of the New Zealand Open Grand Prix badminton tournament in
Auckland on Tuesday.
Sixth seed Sridhar, who got a first round bye, beat New
Zealand`s Joe Wu 21-18, 21-16 in the second round to set up a
final-16 clash with Wing Ki Wong of Hong Kong.
Wong beat Malaysian Zulfadli Zulkifli 21-12, 21-12.
Seventh seed Pawar, who also got a bye in first round,
defeated James Eunson of New Zealand in the second round and
will now take on Indonesian Andreas Adityawarman.
Aditya Prakash outlasted Kiwi Kevin Dennerly-Minturn
21-12, 21-18 and then overcame stiff challenges from Yogendran
Krishnan before beating the Malaysian 21-16, 17-21, 21-19.
Prakash will face Indonesian Yoga Pratama tomorrow.
RMV Gurusai Datt brushed aside Kiwi Leck S Tham 21-5, 21-6
and Simon Maunoury of France 21-4, 21-10 in first and second
round respectively to reach the pre-quarterfinal.
Datt will now face top seed Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong.
Among other Indian men, Aditya Elango struggled his way
to a win over Kiwi Bjorn Seguin 19-21, 21-16, 21-11 in the first
round before going down to eighth seed Mathieu Lo Ying Ping of
France 10-21, 8-21 in a 20-minute encounter.
Meanwhile, Abhimanyu Singh and Arundhati Pantawane gave
walk-overs to Kiwis Thomas Ellis and Sheena Kwan in men`s and
women`s singles category respectively.
Bureau Report
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