Srikanth upsets fourth seed; Anand crashes out

Chetan Anand bowed out of the competition in the 4th round. meanwhile, 20 yr old K Srikanth upset 4th seeded, Jan O Jorgensen.

New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Twenty-year-old K. Srikanth caused one of the biggest upsets of the India Open Super Series badminton by defeating Danish fourth seed, Jan O Jorgensen, while former national champion, Chetan Anand, made a first-round exit from men’s singles here on Wednesday.

Playing the Danish World No.6 for the second time, the unseeded Indian, Srikanth, took only 45 minutes to close the match 21-7, 18-21, 21-12 at the Siri Fort Sports Complex, here. The Indian had earlier lost to the Dane in the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold last month.

Veteran Anand’s campaign came to an end as he lost to Sourabh Verma 13-21, 8-21 in a little more than half an hour in men’s singles.

Meanwhile, Malaysian top seed, Lee Chong Wei, advanced to the second round by destroying Scott Evans of Ireland 21-16, 21-5 in 23 minutes in the $200,000 tier two tourney.

Mixed doubles pair, V. Diju and Jwala Gutta, moved into the second round by beating England‘s Chris Langridge and Heather Olver 19-21, 21-15, 21-16 in 53 minutes. They will next face Thai fourth seeds, Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thoungthongkam, in the next round.

However, both Jwala and Diju lost their women’s and men’s doubles matches, respectively.

Japan’s Misato Aratama and Megumi Taruno beat Jwala and Prajakta Sawant 21-19, 21-10 while Diju and Alwin Francis’ journey came to an end against Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda of Japan losing 18-21, 14-21.