Arundhati Pantawane stunned world no.35 & 2nd seeded Anastasia Prokopenko of Russia in the first round of the main draw of the Polish Open -2011 (35th Yonex Polish International Championships 2011) being held at Podlaskie in Poland.
The match was as tough as tough can get. And this was expected. Arundhati Pantawane eventually came up with one of her best ever wins defeating her higher ranked rival 21-15 21-23 22-20 in a nail-biter of a finish.
Arundhati followed up this splendid performance with another good win in the 2nd round defeating her Japanese rival, Minatsu Mitani 10-21, 21-19, 21-15 in another tough 3-setter match, to storm into the quarter-finals of the Polish Open-2011. Arundhati is now up against 6th seeded Agnese Allegrini (badminton world ranking 64) of Italy in the quarter-finals.
In another women's singles match Sayali Gokhale, who started well, eventually could not get past the first hurdle as she lost in the first round against her Japanese rival Yuka Kusunose. Yuka defeated Sayali 9-21, 21-18, 21-15.
Men' Singles Results:
In men's singles Anand Pawar is also doing full justice to his 3rd seeding and has reached the quarter-finals of the tournament. He defeated qualifier Jarolim Vicen of Slovakia 21-8, 21-17 in the first round, and Takashi Kawauchi of Japan 21-11, 16-21, 21-10 in the second round. 3rd seeded Anand is up against 8th seeded Russian Vladimir Ivanov in the quarter-finals.
In another men's singles Aditya Prakash of India, who had done well getting through to the main draw from the qualifying rounds, could not get past the first round. Kim Bruun of Denmark defeated Aditya 21-14, 21-19.
Polish Open-2011 - Indian Results at a glance for matches conducted so far...
Polish Open - 2011
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The match was as tough as tough can get. And this was expected. Arundhati Pantawane eventually came up with one of her best ever wins defeating her higher ranked rival 21-15 21-23 22-20 in a nail-biter of a finish.
Arundhati followed up this splendid performance with another good win in the 2nd round defeating her Japanese rival, Minatsu Mitani 10-21, 21-19, 21-15 in another tough 3-setter match, to storm into the quarter-finals of the Polish Open-2011. Arundhati is now up against 6th seeded Agnese Allegrini (badminton world ranking 64) of Italy in the quarter-finals.
In another women's singles match Sayali Gokhale, who started well, eventually could not get past the first hurdle as she lost in the first round against her Japanese rival Yuka Kusunose. Yuka defeated Sayali 9-21, 21-18, 21-15.
Men' Singles Results:
In men's singles Anand Pawar is also doing full justice to his 3rd seeding and has reached the quarter-finals of the tournament. He defeated qualifier Jarolim Vicen of Slovakia 21-8, 21-17 in the first round, and Takashi Kawauchi of Japan 21-11, 16-21, 21-10 in the second round. 3rd seeded Anand is up against 8th seeded Russian Vladimir Ivanov in the quarter-finals.
In another men's singles Aditya Prakash of India, who had done well getting through to the main draw from the qualifying rounds, could not get past the first round. Kim Bruun of Denmark defeated Aditya 21-14, 21-19.
Polish Open-2011 - Indian Results at a glance for matches conducted so far...
Polish Open-2011 (35th Yonex Polish International Championships 2011) | ||||
Women’s Singles | ||||
1st round – Qual. | Arundhati | beat | Kamila Augustyn (Poland) | 21-11, 21-11 |
2nd round – Qual. | Arundhati | beat | Kristine Sefere (Latvia) | 21-16, 21-14 |
3rd round – Qual. | Arundhati | beat | Asumi Kugo (Japan) | 21-8, 24-22 |
1st round | Arundhati | beat | Anastasia Prokopenko (Rus) | 21-15 21-23 22-20 |
2nd round | Arundhati | beat | Minatsu Mitani (Japan) | 10-21, 21-19, 21-15 |
1st round | Sayali Gokhale | lost | Yuka Kusunose (Japan) | 21-9, 18-21, 15-21 |
Men’s Singles | ||||
1st round | Anand Pawar | beat | Jarolim Vicen (Slovakia) | 21-8, 21-17 |
2nd round | Anand Pawar | beat | Takashi Kawauchi (Japan) | 21-11, 16-21, 21-10 |
1st round – Qual. | Aditya | - | - | Bye |
2nd round – Qual. | Aditya | beat | Maciej Poulakowski (Poland) | 21-8, |
3rd round – Qual. | Aditya | beat | Adrian Dziolko (Poland) | 21-18, 16-21, 21-13 |
1st round | Aditya | lost | Kim Bruun (Denmark) | 14-21, 19-21 |
Polish Open - 2011
- Arundhati's Polish dream run finally ends
- Arundhati, Aditya off to a flying start
- Polish Open-2011 from 24th-27th March
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