Monday, April 25, 2011

India Open Superseries-2011 players

The Yonex India Open Super Series 2011 badminton tournament is starting from tomorrow at the Siri Fort complex, at New Delhi the capital of India, and it is the first time that a badminton tournament of super series status is being held in the country.

Being such a prestigious event, the India Open-2011 provides an excellent opportunity for the younger Indian players to prove their mettle and to gain valuable world ranking points. The participants for the India Open SS are as below.

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UPDATE 26/4/2011:
Indian Open Super Series Badminton - First Day Results - click this link to view
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Men's Singles Qualification round - Participants with seedings
1  [IND] Aditya Elango [1]     
2   [IND] Oscar Bansal
3   [IND] Prannoy H.S.
4   [IND] Guaranshu Chopra
5   [THA] Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4]     
6   [IND] Tanveer Gill
7   [IND] Gupta Manish
8   [IND] Sai Praneeth B.
9   [IND] Rohan Castelino     
10   [IND] Nandagopal K.
11   [IND] Vikram Saini
12   [IND] Anup Sridhar [3]
13   [IND] Sourabh Verma     
14   [IND] Nigel Dsa
15   [IND] Nagendra T
16   [MAS] Chun Seang Tan [2]
These MS Qualification rounds will be held on Tuesday 26th Apr-2011. Aditya Elango is the top seed for the qualifying rounds.

The Women's Singles qualification round participants at the India Open are as below.

Former national champion Sayali Gokhale is the top seed, another former champion Trupti Murgunde is seeded 3rd. Arundhati Pantawane, the National games champion at Ranchi, and sensational junior badminton player of India, PV Sindhu, are also expected to put up a good show.

1   [IND] Sayali Gokhale [1]     
2   [IND] Tanvi Lad
3   [IND] Mudra Dahinje
4   [IND] Mohita Sahdev
5   [IND] Trupti Murgunde [3]     
6   [IND] Dhanya Nair
7   [IND] Sanyogita Ghorpade
8   [IND] Anita Ohlan
9   [HKG] Lok Yan Poon     
10   [IND] Saili Rane
11   [IND] Arundhati Pantawane
12   [HKG] Ying Suet Tse [4]
13   [IND] Thulasi P.C     
14   [IND] Sindhu Pusarla Venkata
15   [IND] Neha Pandit
16   [SVK] Monika Fasungova [2]

The Women's singles qualification rounds will also be held on Tuesday 26-Apr-2011.
There are no qualification rounds for the mens, womens and mixed doubles and players in the main draw will contest for the title.

The Indian Open main draw participants are as below:
Mens Singles:1   [MAS] Chong Wei Lee [1]           
2   [IND] Ajay Jayaram
3   [KOR] Hyun Il Lee            
4   [INA] Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka
5   [JPN] Kenichi Tago [7]            
6   [FRA] Brice Leverdez
7   [INA] Sony Dwi Kuncoro            
8. qualifier4
9   [THA] Boonsak Ponsana [4]            
10   [IND] R.M.V Gurusai Dutt
11   [BEL] Yuhan Tan            
12   [FRA] Mathieu Lo Ying Ping
13   [HKG] Yun Hu [8]            
14   [INA] Alamsyah Yunus
15   [MAS] Daren Liew            
16   [HKG] Yan Kit Chan
17 qualifier2
18   [HKG] Wing Ki Wong
19   [JPN] Takuma Ueda            
20   [INA] Simon Santoso [5]
21   [IND] Anand Pawar            
22   [JPN] Sho Sasaki
23   [JPN] Kazushi Yamada            
24   [DEN] Peter Hoeg Gade [3]
25   [KOR] Wan Ho Shon            
26   qualifier1
27   [IND] Arvind Bhat            
28   [KOR] Sung Hwan Park [6]
29   [SVK] Michal Matejka            
30   [IND] P Kashyap
31   qualifier3
32   [INA] Taufik Hidayat [2]
The main draw matches will commence from Wednesday 27th Apr-2011.

Malaysia world no.1 Lee Chong Wei is the favorite to win the title, especially in the absence of Lin Dan of China. However he will have a tough challenge from world no.3 Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia, and Peter Gade of Denmark.
India's 2nd best mens singles player as per the world rankings Ajay Jayaram, has the herculean task of facing World No.1 Lee Chong Wei in the very first round of the Indian Open-2011.
The other Indians in the fray are India's top mens singles player P Kashyap, RMV Guru Sai Dutt, Anand Pawar, and reigning National champion Arvind Bhat, alongwith any Indian qualifiers who come through from the qualifying rounds.

Women's Singles main draw participants for the India Open are as below:

1   [IND] Saina Nehwal [1]           
2   [JPN] Ai Goto
3   [SIN] Juan Gu            
4   [INA] Maria Febe Kusumastuti
5   [JPN] Eriko Hirose [5]            
6   [INA] Adrianti Firdasari
7   [THA] Porntip Buranaprasertsuk            
8   qualifier3
9   [HKG] Pui Yin Yip [4]            
10   [IND] Aditi Mutatkar
11   [JPN] Kaori Imabeppu            
12   [THA] Nichaon Jindapon
13   [KOR] Ji Hyun Sung [6]            
14   [SIN] Mingtian Fu
15   [HKG] Tsz Ka Chan            
16   [THA] Inthanon Ratchanok
17   [INA] Aprilla Yuswandari            
18   qualifier2
19   [AUT] Simone Prutsch            
20   [NED] Jie Yao~* [7]
21   [INA] Lindaweni Fanetri            
22   [JPN] Ayane Kurihara
23   [SLO] Maja Tvrdy            
24   [KOR] Youn Joo Bae [3]
25   [BEL] Lianne Tan            
26   [JPN] Sayaka Sato
27   qualifier4
28   [THA] Salakjit Ponsana [8]
29   Qualification - Q1            
30   [SIN] Jiayuan Chen
31   [SIN] Aiying Xing            
32   [DEN] Tine Baun [2]

Saina Nehwal is the top seed for the event and a favorite to win it. Her most fierce rivals at the world level, the Chinese trio of Shixian Wang, Yihan Wang, and Xin Wang are not playing in the event.
However Saina still faces a tough challenge from Eriko Hirose, who had defeated her at the All-England Open earlier this year, (and later Saina had defeated Eriko at the Swiss Open that followed immediately after the England open), and also other top players. This is a super series event, and Saina cannot afford to take any opponent lightly if she wants to pocket her first superseries title of the year 2011.

The Mens Doubles Participants are as below:

[MAS] Abdul Latif, Mohd Zakry [MAS] Hoon, Thien How 
[INA] Ahsan, Mohammad [INA] Septano, Bona - the pair are 2nd seeds
[IND] Aloysius Vijay, Anthony Raj [IND] Elango, Aditya 
[IND] Antony, Bennet [IND] Francis, Alwin 
[THA] Anugritayawon, Songphon [THA] Prapakamol, Sudket 
[THA] Chalardchaleam, Patipat [THA] Puangpuapech, Nipitphon 
[MAS] Chan, Peng Soon [MAS] Tan ~, Wee Kiong 
[INA] Chandra, Alvent Yulianto [INA] Gunawan, Hendra Aprida 3
[KOR] Cho, Gun Woo [KOR] Kwon, Yi Goo 5
[IND] Chopra, Pranav [IND] Kona, Tarun 
[IND] Dewalkar, Akshay [IND] Vishnu, Arun 
[JPN] Endo, Hiroyuki [JPN] Hayakawa, Kenichi 7
[JPN] Hashimoto, Hirokatsu [JPN] Hirata, Noriyasu 4
[JPN] Hirobe, Yoshiteru [JPN] Kazuno, Kenta 
[JPN] Kawamae, Naoki [JPN] Sato, Shoji 6
[KOR] Kim, Ki Jung [KOR] Kim, Sa Rang 
[MAS] Koo, Kien Keat [MAS] Tan, Boon Heong - this Malaysian pair is the top seed.
[IND] Krishna, S D S [IND] Manuel, Vineeth 
[IND] Kumar, Rupesh [IND] Thomas, Sanave 8
[IND] Manish, Gupta [IND] Venkat, Gaurav 
[IND] Manu, Attri [IND] Sanyal, Jishnu 
[IND] Mishra, Utsav [IND] Singh, Ravinder 
[INA] Pratama, Angga [INA] Saputra, Ryan Agung 
[IND] S., Sanjeeth [IND] Yadav, Jagadish 
[INA] Sugiarto, Yohanes Rendy [INA] Wirawan, Afiat Yuris
Though quite a few Indian pairs are playing in the event as seen in the above list, however the main hopes would be on India's best men's doubles combination of Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas who are seeded 8th in the tournament.

The Womens doubles Participants are as below:

[THA] Amitapai, Savitree [THA] Nessara, Somsri 
[THA] Aroonkesorn, Duanganong [THA] Voravichitchaikul, Kunchala 3
[INA] Augustine, Aneke Feinya [INA] Maheswari, Nitya Krishinda 
[IND] Balan, Aparna [IND] Sawant, Prajakta 
[SIN] Chen, Jiayuan [SIN] Xing, Aiying 
[MAS] Chin, Eei Hui [MAS] Wong, Pei Tty 
[MAS] Chong, Sook Chin [MAS] Goh, Liu Ying 
[SIN] Fu, Mingtian [SIN] Gu, Juan 
[JPN] Fujii, Mizuki [JPN] Kakiiwa, Reika 2
[IND] Gadre, Pradnya [IND] Polavarapu, Jyotshna 
[IND] Ghorpade, Sanyogita [IND] Rane, Saili 
[IND] Gutta, Jwala [IND] Ponnappa, Ashwini 8
[INA] Haris, Della Destiara [INA] Suci Rizky, Andini 
[KOR] Jang, Ye Na [KOR] Kim, Min Seo 
[INA] Jauhari, Meiliana [INA] Polii, Greysia 4
[KOR] Jung, Kyung Eun [KOR] Kim, Ha Na 
[JPN] Maeda, Miyuki [JPN] Suetsuna, Satoko 1
[JPN] Matsuo, Shizuka [JPN] Naito, Mami 6
[JPN] Misaki, Matsutomo [JPN] Takahashi, Ayaka 7
[IND] Nair, Meenakshi [IND] Sahdev, Mohita 
[IND] P.C, Thulasi [IND] Reddy, Siki 
[HKG] Poon, Lok Yan [HKG] Tse, Ying Suet 
[SIN] Sari, Shinta Mulia [SIN] Yao, Lei
Quite a few Indian pairs are part of the tournament, having got their chance mainly because Chinese players are not playing in this tournament. However whatever the reason maybe, this is a golden chance for younger players to prove themselves. In any case, even the first round losers of Super series events bag hefty world ranking points, though playing the best and winning would be on everyone's agenda.
The main Indian hopes are Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa who are seeded 8th in the tournament. Jwala and Ashwini skipped the Badminton Asia championships that was held earlier this week, so as to focus on the India Open. Lets see how they fare, in the wake of pressure and focus from the Indian media and the home crowd.

The Mixed doubles participants are as below:

Ahmad, Tantowi [INA] Natsir, Liliyana 4
[THA] Anugritayawon, Songphon [THA] Voravichitchaikul, Kunchala 2
[THA] Chalardchaleam, Patipat [THA] Nessara, Somsri 
[MAS] Chan, Peng Soon [MAS] Goh, Liu Ying 5
[KOR] Cho, Gun Woo [KOR] Kim, Min Seo 
[IND] Chopra, Pranav [IND] Sawant, Prajakta 
[IND] Dewalkar, Akshay [IND] Gadre, Pradnya 
[JPN] Hashimoto, Hirokatsu [JPN] Fujii, Mizuki 
[JPN] Hayakawa, Kenichi [JPN] Misaki, Matsutomo 
[JPN] Hirata, Noriyasu [JPN] Maeda, Miyuki 
[JPN] Ikeda, Shintaro [JPN] Shiota, Reiko 8
[THA] Jongjit, Maneepong [THA] Amitapai, Savitree 
[JPN] Kazuno, Kenta [JPN] Takahashi, Ayaka 
[KOR] Kim, Ki Jung [KOR] Jung, Kyung Eun 
[KOR] Kim, Sa Rang [KOR] Jang, Ye Na 
[IND] Kona, Tarun [IND] Ponnappa, Ashwini 
[INA] Kurniawan, Fran [INA] Bernadeth, Pia Zebadiah 3
[KOR] Kwon, Yi Goo [KOR] Kim, Ha Na 
[MAS] Ong, Jien Guo [MAS] Chong, Sook Chin 
[THA] Prapakamol, Sudket [THA] Thoungthongkam, Saralee 1
[INA] Rijal, Muhammad [INA] Susanto, Debby 7
[IND] Sanyal, Jishnu [IND] Polavarapu, Jyotshna 
[JPN] Sato, Shoji [JPN] Matsuo, Shizuka 
[IND] Singh, Prem [IND] Saini, Niharika 
[IND] Valiyaveetil, Diju [IND] Gutta, Jwala 6
[IND] Venkat, Gaurav [IND] Dewangan, Juhi 
[IND] Vishnu, Arun [IND] Balan, Aparna 
[INA] Widianto, Nova [INA] Marissa, Vita 
[HKG] Wong, Wai Hong [HKG] Chau, Hoi Wah

Out of this list, Jwala Gutta and V. Diju have confirmed that they are not playing this event, as Diju is undergoing treatment for his back. However their are some other good Indian pairs in the fray, notably Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan who recently stretched the world no.2 pair last week at the Badminton Asia championships and Tarun Kona who is partnering with Ashwini Ponnappa. The other Indian pairs are also capable of getting some  upset wins.

*Notes: Above participant lists may be subject to change. refer official sites for any changes.

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