Badminton: Indian Shuttlers continue their winning streak

Chetan Anand and other Indian shuttlers are continuing their winning runs. They have moved into the 2nd round of the Denmark Open. Chetan has moved in the Singles while Jwala Gutta and V Diju have moved to the 2nd round in mixed doubles

Chetan Anand and the mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju eased into the second round of the Denmark Open, even as compatriots Arvind Bhatt and Aditi Mutatkar crashed out of the Super Series event. In the men’s singles category, National champion Anand beat Stefan Wojcikiewicz of Canada 21-6, 21-15, while Gutta and Diju prevailed over the Indonesian pair of Endang Nursugianti and Anggun Nugroho 21-15, 21-12 in the mixed doubles.

Badminton: Jwala Gutta wins doubles and Mixed doubles at Bulgarian Grand Prix

Jwala Gutta has won the doubles and mixed doubles at the Bulgarian Grand Prix at Sofia today.

Jwala paired with V Diju to win their consecutive Grand Prix title, defeating fifth seeded Indonesian pair of Fran Kurniawan and Shendy Puspa Irawati in the mixed double’s title.
The score read 15-21 21-18 21-19 in a 45-minute contest

The pair had won the Bitburger Grand Prix mixed doubles title in Saarbruecken, Germany last week, which catapulted them to World number 55 in the latest ranking.

Jwala later pared up with Shruti Kurian and defeated the 2nd seeded pair of Irawati and Meiliana Jauhari in straight-games .The score read 21-11 21-19 in a match that lasted 28 minutes.

Badminton: Chetan Anand wins Bitburger Open, V Diju and Jwala Gutta win mixed doubles

Here is something that would warm the hearts of every Indian. Chetan Anand has won the Bitburger open being held in Germany. In the process, he has become the first Indian to win a Grand Prix tournament. The icing on the cake was it was an all Indian Final, with the other finalist being Arvind Bhat from India. While this might take of some sheen off, the win nevertheless is a whammo for Indian Badminton. The final score read 23-25, 24-22, 23-21

Even better was the win of V Diju and Jwala Gutta in the mixed doubles. So there we are with 2 titles in a single tournament. They defeated Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen of Denmark. The final score read 8-21, 21-17, 22-2.