Indian women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa have made a winning start in the All England Badminton Championships. At Birmingham yesterday, Gutta and Ponnappa needed just 23 minutes to send the Danish duo of Maria Helsbol and Anne Skelbaek packing 21-11 21-18 in the first round match.In the second round, the Indian pair will take on Danish qualifiers Damkjaer Kruse and Marie Roepke who stunned seventh seeded Indonesian duo of Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii in another first round match.However, Anand Pawar crashed out of the Men's Singles event. He went down fighting 16-21 18-21 to Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in a first round match which lasted 31 minutes. Both Pawar and his Thailand rival had made it to the main draw after playing in the qualifying round.
News On AIR | March 10, 2011 5:49 PM
Jwala- Ashwini in All England doubles 2nd round