In Badminton, Indian shuttlers Sourabh and Sameer Verma will today play their quarterfinals matches in the Men's Singles category at the Syed Modi Memorial India Open Grand Prix Gold in Lucknow. Sourabh, who won the Bahrain International Challenge this year, will take on seventh seed Yun Hu of Hong Kong, while his brother Sameer will meet another Hong Kong player Wing Ki Wong.In the pre-quarterfinals yesterday, Sourabh stunned world number 17, Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia 21-17, 21-17, with Sameer beating compatriot Rohit Yadav 21-14, 21-11, to keep the hosts' flag fluttering in the singles category.In the women's singles event, Indian challenge ended when PV Sindhu and Neha Pandit went down to their foreign rivals.Earlier, Ace Shuttler Saina Nehwal had pulled out of the tournament due to a hamstring injury.
News On AIR | December 23, 2011 6:29 PM
Badminton: Sourabh, Sameer to play their QF matches today