In the first round of the Men's singles of the Indian Open Super Series badminton tournament in New Delhi on Wednesday, young shuttler Sourabh Verma created the biggest upset of the day. The 20-year old qualifier defeated Athens Olympics bronze medallist Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia in straight sets 21-18, 21-19. Sourabh will take on the winner of match between seventh seed Kenichi Tago of Japan and French Brice Leverdez in the second round on Thursday.In other men's singles fixtures, while Ajay Jayaram lost to world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in straight games 19-21, 18-21, Anand Pawar went down against Sho Sasaki of Japan in three games.In the mixed doubles, Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre advanced to the next round with a 21-17, 2-17 win against the Japanese pair of Noriyasu Hirata and Miyuki Maeda.
News On AIR | April 27, 2011 7:39 PM
Sourabh Verma defeats Sony Dwi Kuncoro in Indian Open