. 2011 India Open SS: Day 1 Tuesday 26-April In just a few hours' time (9:00am New Delhi time), the qualification matches will start. The schedule of matches can be found located at; http://www.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/matches.aspx?id=C3CCF150-816B-4354-B7A5-DD85E6EB4FDD This is the first time India is hosting a SS tournament. The venue is at the Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, Siri Fort Road, New Delhi. There are only 5 non-IND qualifiers participating, and we expect most of them to make it to Round 1 tomorrow. And they are; Womens Singles (1) Poon Lok Yan (Hong Kong) (2) Tse Ying Suet [4] (Hong Kong) (3) Monika Fasungova [2] (Slovakia) Mens Singles (1) Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4] (Thailand) (2) Tan Chun Seang [2] (Malaysia) .
Out of the 5 non-IND qualifiers participating, 2 have been eliminated . Out of the 5 non-IND qualifiers participating, 2 have been eliminated. And they are; Womens Singles * Tse Ying Suet [4] (Hong Kong) defeated by Arundhati Pantawane (IND) 21-19, 14-21, 22-20 in 46 minutes. * Monika Fasungova [2] (Slovakia) defeated by Neha Pandit (IND) 21-08, 21-12 in 21 minutes. Remainder Poon Lok Yan (Hong Kong), Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4] (Thailand) and Tan Chun Seang [2] (Malaysia) should be playing very soon. .
Will all the 5 non-IND qualifiers be eliminated ??? . It looks like the remaining 3 non-IND qualifiers (playing right now as I type) will all be facing elimination; * Poon Lok Yan (Hong Kong) * Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4] (Thailand) * Tan Chun Seang [2] (Malaysia) .
Match just completed - Poon Lok Yan (Hong Kong) survived. Poon Lok Yan (HKG) defeated Arundhati Pantawane (IND) 21-17, 14-21, 21-13 in 42 minutes.
Match just completed - Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4] (Thailand) eliminated. Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4] (THA) lost to Sai Praneeth B (IND) 19-21, 19-21 in 35 minutes.
Match continuing - Tan Chun Seang [2] (MAS)-vs-Sourabh Verma (IND) Game 1 TCS-SV: 12-21 Game 2 TCS-SV: 10-11 (At interval) TCS-SV: 14-15 TCS-SV: 17-18 (At 26th minute)
The Tan Chun Seang [2] (MAS)-vs-Sourabh Verma (IND) match Game 1 TCS-SV: 12-21 Game 2 TCS-SV: 17-18 (At the 26th minute) TCS-SV: 20-20 (TCS is back) TCS-SV: 22-20 (At the 30th minute)
The Tan Chun Seang [2] (MAS)-vs-Sourabh Verma (IND) match Game 1 TCS-SV: 12-21 Game 2 TCS-SV: 22-20 (At the 30th minute) Game 3 TCS-SV: 0-0 TCS-SV: 1-1 TCS-SV: 2-2 TCS-SV: 2-8 (At the 36th minute)
Only Poon Lok Yan who has advanced into main draw so far as Tan Chun Seang is still playing rubber against local player Sourabh Verma. Not bad perfomance by home shuttlers
The Tan Chun Seang [2] (MAS)-vs-Sourabh Verma (IND) match Game 1 TCS-SV: 12-21 Game 2 TCS-SV: 22-20 (At the 30th minute) Game 3 TCS-SV: 2-8 (At the 36th minute) TCS-SV: 4-11 (Interval - SV is too good for TCS)
The Tan Chun Seang [2] (MAS)-vs-Sourabh Verma (IND) match Game 1 TCS-SV: 12-21 Game 2 TCS-SV: 22-20 (At the 30th minute) Game 3 TCS-SV: 4-11 (Interval - SV is too good for TCS) TCS-SV: 6-12 TCS-SV: 6-16 (At the 40th minute)
The Tan Chun Seang [2] (MAS)-vs-Sourabh Verma (IND) match Game 1 TCS-SV: 12-21 Game 2 TCS-SV: 22-20 (At the 30th minute) Game 3 TCS-SV: 6-16 (At the 40th minute) TCS-SV: 10-16 TCS-SV: 11-18 TCS-SV: 12-21 (At the 45th minute)
Out of the 5 non-IND qualifiers participating, 4 have been eliminated . So 4 out of the 5 non-IND qualifiers participating have been eliminated. And they are; Womens Singles (1) Tse Ying Suet [4] (Hong Kong) (2) Monika Fasungova [2] (Slovakia) Mens Singles (1) Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4] (Thailand) (2) Tan Chun Seang [2] (Malaysia) Only Poon Lok Yan (Hong Kong) survived. Well Done PLK.
And in the last match of the day, Anup Sridhar [3] (IND) survived. Anup Sridhar [3] (IND) defeated Nandagopal K. (IND) 21-14, 25-23 in 31 minutes.
