Verma powers past Suppanyu

Badminton Tata Open

The 20-year-old Verma, a trainee at the P Gopichand academy in Hyderabad, won the long-drawn out battle against last week’s India Open runner-up with his tireless retrieving game 21-13, 18-21, 21-16.

The tournament was robbed of its sheen when second seeded Indian Ajay Jayaram pulled out with a back injury that he had sustained in the Hyderabad event. Jayaram was trailing 0-3 against Indonesia’s Arif Ramadhan when he conceded the tie.

Men’s third seed Anand Pawar also withdrew from the tournament citing exhaustion after being forced to spend 60 hours while returning to India because of the flight cancellations in Europe due to freezing conditions.

Results (prefix number denotes seeding): First round (Indian unless mentioned): Men: 1-Yunus Alamsyah (Ina) bt Aditya Prakash (Ind) 3-1 (retired); Goh Soon Huat (Mas) bt Oscar Bansal (Ind) 21-7, 21-9; 7-Wong Zi Liang Derek (Sin) bt Zainuddin Iskandar Zulkarnain (Mas) 21-12, 22-20; Nigel D'Sa bt Riyanto Subagja (Ina) 14-21, 22-20, 21-11;
Tene Andre Marteen (Ina) bt Guaranshu Chopra 21-12, 21-12; Sourabh Verma bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (Tha) 21-13, 18-21, 21-16; 8-Anup Sridhar bt Misbun Ramdan Misbun (Mas)21-19, 21-15; K Nandagopal bt Mayank Behal 21-16, 21-7; Abdul Latif Mohamad Arif (Mas) bt Aditya Elango 20-22, 21-14, 22-20; 5-Tommy Sugiarto (Ina) bt Daniel Gouw (USA) 21-6, 21-9; Lim Fang Yang (Mas) bt Enayetullah Khan (Ban) 21-10, 21-11; 4-Arvind Bhat bt Rohan Castellino 21-17, 21-16; Sagar Chopda bt Ai Wei Jian (Mas) 21-10, 21-10; 6-Stanislav Pukhov (Rus) bt Rhustavito Shesar Hiren (Ina) 21-15, 21-17; Lee Jian Jee (Mas) Prakash Jolly 21-17, 21-16; Arif Ramadhan (Ina) bt 2-Ajay Jayaram 3-0 (retired).

Doubles: Riyadi Joko/ Yoga Ukikasah (Ina) bt M Mohammed Jabed/ M Parash (Ban) 21-6, 21-8.

Women: Rawinda Prajongjai (Tha) bt Saili Rane (Ind) 21-7, 21-9; Sanyogita Ghorpade bt Jaqueline Rose Kunnath 21-15, 21-18; Parssa Naqvi bt Rozina Akter (Ban) 21-10, 22-20; Mohita Sahdev bt Shapla Aktar (Ban) 21-8, 21-12; Hanna Ramadhini (Ina) bt Bibari Basumatari 21-14, 21-12; Tanvi Lad bt Pooja Shrestha (Nep) 21-9, 21-7; Gayatri Vartak bt Alina Sultana (Ban) 21-15, 21-11; Sayali Gokhale bt Mudra Dahinje 21-13, 21-13; Sheshadri Sanyal bt Nagshala Tamang  Devi (Nep) 21-5, 21-8; Febby Angguni (Ina) bt Sampada Sahastrabudhe 21-16, 21-15; Neha Pandit bt Dulali Hulder (Ban) 21-5, 21-10; PC Thulasi bt Christina Maria Elfira (Ina) 21-19, 21-13.

Mixed doubles: 1-P Chalardchaleam/ S Amitapai (Tha) bt Tanveer Gill/ Abantika Deka 21-5, 21-7; 4-Pranav Chopra/ Prajakta Sawant bt Indra Mehata/ Pooja Shrestha (Nep) 21-6, 21-12; S Matayanumati/ J Pattharaporn (Tha) bt Mostafa Mohammed Jabed/ Shapla Aktar (Ban) 21-14, 21-11; Akshay Dewalkar/ Pradnya Gadre bt Md Rais Uddin/ Dulali Hulder (Ban) 21-17, 21-6; 3-N Puangpuapec/ S Nessara (Tha) W/O K Srikanth/ Polavarapu Jyotshna; 2-Arun Vishnu/ Aparna Balan bt Md Ahsun Habib Parash/ Alina Sultana (Ban) 21-6, 21-10.