India Open Super Series: Gurusai Datt pulls off second upset of day

 The Indian played with guts and subdued the World No. 5 Boonsak in an hour.

"It is the first time that I have beaten a top-8 player and it will do a world of good to my confidence," Datt said.

"I have always played close matches against top players but I needed to finish the matches. And victories such as these are something that I was waiting for.

"He is known to comeback in the match and I was expecting a tough fight. I was patient and it paid off. Now, I have to focus on the next match," said the 21-year-old. His victory came on the heels of another big victory by another Indian Sourabh Verma. Sourabh, a qualifier, upset Sony Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia 21-18, 21-19 in the morning session.

He got past the seasoned Sony, a former World No.3 and a bronze medallist at the 2004 Athens Olympics, in 41 minutes.

"It is my biggest win. I was not intimidated by his stature. I just wanted to give my best. I am glad that I began with a victory," said Sourabh, who won the All India Senior Ranking tournament held at Atul, Gujarat, in February.

The Madhya Pradesh boy is playing his first Super Series event and went past the qualifying stage Tuesday.

"I moved into Gopichand academy during the Commonwealth Games camp and decided to stay there," said Sourabh.

Among other Indians, Ajay Jayram gave a tough fight to World No.1 and top seed Lee Chong Wei before going down 19-21, 18-21. Anand Pawar gave a tough challenge to Japanese Sho Sasaki but lost 21-19, 17-21, 12-21. Anup Sridhar lost to Taufiq Hidayat 13-21, 5-21.

In women's singles, Aditi Mutatkar tamely lost to fourth-seeded Pui Yin Yip of Hong Kong 14-21, 8-21 and Trupti Murgune went down to Aprilla Yuswandari 12-21, 5-21.

In mixed doubles, Akshay Dewalkar and Pradnya Gadre beat Japanese Noriyasu Hirata and Miyuki Maeda 21-17, 21-17 while Tarun Konia and Ashwini Ponnapa went down to Malaysian Soon Chan Peng and Goh Liu Ying 21-23, 10-21.

The women's doubles pair of Aparna Balan and Prajakta Sawant also lost to Hong Kong's Kyung Eun Jung and Ha Na Kim 13-21, 9-21.