Saina, Aditi, Kashyap through; Arvind, Anup, Trupti out of ABC
Saina Nehwal, Aditi Mutatkar advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women`s singles, while P Kashyap kept the tri-colour fluttering in the men`s singles event of the Asian Badminton Championship here today.
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New Delhi: Saina Nehwal, Aditi Mutatkar
advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women`s singles,
while P Kashyap kept the tri-colour fluttering in the men`s
singles event of the Asian Badminton Championship here today.
Ace Indian mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju
also entered the pre-quarterfinals after beating Hong Kong duo
of Wai Hong Wong and Hoi Wah Chau 21-13 21-12.
In the women`s singles, top seed Saina crushed Porntip
Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand 21-10 21-13 in 24 minutes to set
up a date with Julia Pei Xian Wong of Malaysia in the
pre-quarters tomorrow.
"I have played her before and even lost to her close
match but I didn`t expect it will be so easy today. My strokes
have improved and my defense was also good today," Saina said
after the victory.
"I am playing Julia next and she is also a good player
and I have lost against her once and have defeated her also in
2006 Phillipines Open. She is coming from injury so she won`t
be in her top form," added Sania about her next encounter.
Aditi saw off Singaporean Mingtian Fu 21-11 17-21 21-18
in the first round to set up a clash with Chinese Taipei`s
Hsiao Huan Chen.
Aditi said she was desperate for a win and it has given
her a lot of confidence.
"I had my rehabilitation in Pune and it was very
important for me to keep winning. This win has been very
encouraging for me as I move ahead to the next round. I am not
looking into the future. I just want to take each round, each
tournament at a time. The competition here is tough so it will
be difficult," she said.
Meanwhile in men`s singles category, Kashyap was the lone
Indian standing after he won both his matches of the day to
reach the last 16 stage.
The Andra Pradesh lad defeated Hong Kong`s Wing Ki Wong
21-14 21-15 in the first match before beating Tommy Sugiarto
of Indonesia 21-14 21-16 in the next.
"I moved fast and was aggressive from the start. I didn`t
get tired and was fit all through out the match which helped
me to play long rallies. He couldn`t follow my game. I have
played him thrice and had lost some very close matches. I am
happy I won today," Kashyap said after the win.
However, it was curtains for his compatriots Arvind Bhat,
Anup Sridhar, RMV Gurusaidutt, Ajay Jayaram and K Nandagopal.
Anup had a good start to the tournament, winning the
first round against Ye Wook Rho of Korea 16-21 21-13 21-8 but
he ran out of steam in the next against Malaysian Chong Chieh
Lok and lost 19-21 15-21.
PTI
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