. 2009 India Open: Day 1 (Qualification) Tuesday March 24 For match results as they are progressing live: click here For current time in India: click here Day 1 matches will start from 9:00am. Most of the qualifiers are Indians. Qualifications are only required for: Mens Singles, Womens Singles, and Mens Doubles. Many of the Indian qualifiers are unknown to us at Badminton Central. Hope that our BCers from India can inform us as to whom we are to watch out for. chris-ccc .
Only Nepalese and home players will play qualifying round tomorrow. And Indian shuttlers should have no problem to beat their opponent.
Qualifying Round In Women's Singles, I'd expect Aparna Balan to qualify for the main draw. In Men's Singles, it should be Sachin Kumar Rana who goes through. In Men's Doubles, the strongest pairing is Thomas Kurian & Joy T Antony. What's strange is that Kurian and Antony are actually singles players. Perhaps the Badminton Association of India believes they might do well as a doubles pair. However, it's unlikely they will progress much beyond the initial round in doubles.
watch out for junior players like ashwini ponnappa and arundathi pantwane. also dhanya nair will b looking to make it thru. aparna b is mainly a dbls player but is wily enough to beat the more famous singles names, watch out for her in the dbls draw.
2009 India Open: Is avataar there already? . avataar ... So you have arrived there already? Please do keep us informed. .
2009 India Open: Good Luck to all qualifiers today . So... It's only ONE hour before the 2009 India Open begins. Good Luck to all qualifiers today. .
2009 India Open: Something's wrong at tournamentsoftware in the first hour . There is something wrong at tournamentsoftware in the first hour Results are not coming through. .
Indian qualifiers making it to the next round are unknown up-and-coming players . Just checked it again and it's working. So far, 9 matches have been completed. Many of the Indian qualifiers making it to the next round are unknown up-and-coming players. .
You are right about them being unknown outside India. However, they are quite well known in the domestic circuit.
interesting MS plays on 03/25 in my opinion, these match would be interesting MS plays on 03/25. Tommy SUGIARTO - KASHYAP P [15] Tsuen Seng LEE - VIDYADHAR J B S Sashidhar C.M. - Muhammad Roslin HASHIM i expect the first one to be tougher than rest of 2.
Joy T Antony?? Are you kidding me? I have played with that dude 17-18 years ago... He still plays??? unbelievable yet truly amazing!!!
2009 India Open: Joy T Antony/Thomas Kurian out at Qualification Round . Jayan JAMES[IND] Hersen K.S[IND] defeated [IND] Joy T ANTONY [2] [IND] Thomas KURIAN 21-18, 21-11 in 21 minutes. .
