$53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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$53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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As expected very strong field for Women tournament ... As many top-10 players r participating including top 5 players like WR #1 Nicol David, #3 Jenny Duncalf and #4 Rachael Grinham.

Wild card given to India's #1 and local girl Joshna Chinappa, but she is having tough first round match against WR #10 Australian Kasey Brown.

In Men tournament, Saurav Ghosal is 5th seed and will face an qualifier in first round ... But surprisingly wild card given to very lowly ranked Ramit Tandon and he is facing 4th seed Egyptian Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda in first round.

At $53K Women Chennai Open, India

[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) vs (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10)

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[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs Qualifier
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) vs (4) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27)
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Re: $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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Pleasantly surprised to see another Indian girl in top 80 and couple of more on verge of entering into top-100 ... In final qualifying round Dipika and Anaka having tough matches against top-25 players.

At $53K Women Chennai Open, India

[Q1] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) bt Coline Aumard (FRA,72) 11-2 11-8 11-8
[Q1] Surbhi Mishra (IND,128) l Joey Chan (HGK,31) 11-13 4-11 5-11
[Q1] Aparajitha Balamurukan (IND,102) l Sharon Wee (MAS,30) 4-11 7-11 1-11
[Q1] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND,106) 8-11 11-6 11-9 11-7

[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) vs Aisling Blake (IRL,25)
[Q2] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) vs Donna Urquhart (AUS,21)
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Re: $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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Good win by Gaurav Nandrajog over higher ranked Malaysian ... So in all final qualifying matches at least 1 Indian is playing so big opportunity for Indians to grab all 4 qualifying places.

At $25K Men Chennai Open, India

[Q1] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) bt Abhishek Pradhan (IND,297) 11-4 11-3 11-7 (21m)
[Q1] Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR) bt Naresh Kumar (IND,154) 9-11 10-12 11-5 11-9 11-6 (55m)
[Q1] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) bt Sandeep Jangra (IND,384) 11-8 11-9 11-3 (30m)
[Q1] Naveen Jangra (IND,UNR) l Stuart Crawford (SCO,129) 9-11 4-11-4 8-11 (33m)
[Q1] Parthiban Ayyappan (IND,UNR) l Elvinn Keo (MAS,119) 9-11 11-7 6-11 3-11 (35m)
[Q1] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) bt Ravi Dixit (IND,216) 11-9 8-11 14-12 11-4 (42m)
[Q1] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) bt Kamran Khan (MAS,124) 11-6 7-11 8-11 12-10 11-9 (64m)
[Q1] B. Balamurugan (IND,UNR) l Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100) 5-11 7-11 7-11

[Q2] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) vs Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) vs Stuart Crawford (SCO,129)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) vs Elvinn Keo (MAS,119)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) vs Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100)
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Re: $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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In men section our 3 players r qualified for main draw ... But Gaurav Nandrajog also gave creditable performance against Danish player ... Saurav facing Harinder Pal Sandhu in first round.

At $25K Men Chennai Open, India

[Q2] Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) bt Vikas Jangra (IND,UNR) 11-7 11-1 11-5 (30m)
[Q2] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) bt Stuart Crawford (SCO,129) 11-8 8-11 11-2 13-11 (35m)
[Q2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) bt Elvinn Keo (MAS,119) 11-7 11-6 13-11 (38m)
[Q2] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND,177) l Kristian Frost Olesen (DEN,100) 11-9 9-11 6-11 8-11 (73m)

[R1] (5) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs (Q) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107)
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) vs (4) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27)
[R1] (Q) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) vs Alan Clyne (SCO,69)
[R1] (Q) Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) vs (7) Chris Simpson (ENG,48)
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Re: $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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Dipika Pallikal scored her first top-25 win to qualify for main draw of Chennai Open ... She is showing improvement in her game with clinical straight games win ... But having toughest draw in first round as she is facing WR #1 Nicol David ... In other match Anaka Alankamony produced good fighting performance against her top-20 opponent.

At $53K Women Chennai Open, India

[Q2] Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) bt (2) Aisling Blake (IRL,25) 11-8 11-6 11-5 (31m)
[Q2] Anaka Alankamony (IND,77) l (1) Donna Urquhart (AUS,21) 3-11 10-12 10-12 (26m)

[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) vs (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10)
[R1[ (Q) Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) vs (1) Nicol David (MAS,1)
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Re: $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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Dipika and Joshna produced creditable performance against their respective top-10 opponents ... Joshna started with winning first game but then Brown take control of the match and won next three games ... After losing first game in 6 minutes Dipika played well in next 2 games.

At $53K Women Chennai Open, India

[R1] (WC) Joshna Chinappa (IND,34) l (7) Kasey Brown (AUS,10) 11-8 5-11 7-11 5-11 (37m)
[R1[ (Q) Dipika Pallikal (IND,49) l (1) Nicol David (MAS,1) 6-11 9-11 5-11 (30m)
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Re: $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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Other than expected Saurav win our other players lost their matches but all produced fighting performance against their higher ranked opponents ... 17 yrs old Ramit Tandon learned lot from his match against Reda ... After losing first 2 games Ritwik tried comeback against Clyne but he managed to won third game only ... But Siddharth Suchde had heart-breaking loss where he was in control in all games ... 2 games he lost on extra points and in 5th he was tired and while going for winner made few mistakes to lost this match ... But very good performance from him.

At $25K Men Chennai Open, India

[R1] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) bt (Q) Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND,107) 11-7 11-6 11-7 (40m)
[R1] (WC) Ramit Tandon (IND,347) l (3) Mohamed Ali Anwar Reda (EGY,27) 4-11 7-11 4-11 (24m)
[R1] (Q) Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND,115) l Alan Clyne (SCO,69) 7-11 3-11 11-8 9-11
[R1] (Q) Siddharth Suchde (IND,102) l (6) Chris Simpson (ENG,48) 12-14 11-3 10-12 11-8 7-11 (95m)

[QF] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) vs (6) Chris Simpson (ENG,48)
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Re: $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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QF] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) bt (6) Chris Simpson (ENG,48) 11-7, 11-7, 11-13, 11-7.

Second seeded Englishman Jonathan Kemp (WR 21) is up next.
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Re: $53K Women & $25K Men Chennai Open, India -2 to 7 March 2010

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Saurav started well against 2nd seed winning first game on extra points ... But after losing second game on extra points Kemp take control of the match and won it in 4 games.

At $25K Men Chennai Open, India

[SF] (4) Saurav Ghosal (IND,29) l (2) Jonathan Kemp (ENG,21) 15-13 13-15 9-11 6-11 (58m)
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