Date:30/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/30/stories/2008073061532000.htm

Sport - Badminton

Sai shocks Jishnu

Mumbai: Junior National boys’ champion Sai Dutt of AP with an impressive all-court game upset seventh-seeded Jishnu Sanyal of Air India 19-21, 21-11, 24-22 after a 70-minute battle in the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the first Tata Open all-India badminton tournament on Tuesday.

The results: Men’s singles Pre-quarterfinals: Arvind Bhat bt Vinay Reddy 21-16, 21-15; Anand Pawar bt Nigel D’Sa 21-9, 21-18; P. Kashyap bt Thomas Kurian 21-14, 21-11; Sai Dutt bt Jishnu Sanyal 19-21, 21-11, 24-22; Ajay Jayaram bt Mohit Kamat 22-20, 17-21, 21-8.

Women: Pre-quarterfinals: Gayatri Vartak bt Mohita Sahdev 18-21, 21-19, 21-11; Sayali Gokhale bt Sampada Sahasrabudhe 21-10, 21-11; Neha Pandit bt Parsa Naqvi 21-16, 21-14; Shruti Kurien bt Ruth Misha 21-16, 21-14; Ashwini Ponnappa bt 21-17, 21-18; Dhanya Nair bt Bibari Basumatary 21-19, 16-21, 21-14; B.R. Meenakshi bt Abantika Deka 21-16, 21-19; Sikky Reddy bt Aparna Balan 25-23, 21-11. — PTI