Dewangan, Sindhu win

Despite the withdrawal of Jwala Gutta from mixed doubles and women’s doubles due to a foot infection, and Anand Pawar from men’s singles due to back injury, the field for the Jaypee Cup Syed Modi International Grand Prix badminton tournament, still wears a rounded look.

Updated on: Dec 15, 2009, 23:01:05 IST

Hindustan Times | By Sharad Deep, Lucknow

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Despite the withdrawal of Jwala Gutta from mixed doubles and women’s doubles due to a foot infection, and Anand Pawar from men’s singles due to back injury, the field for the Jaypee Cup Syed Modi International Grand Prix badminton tournament, still wears a rounded look.

With the arrival of World No. 7 Saina Nehwal and Chetan Anand, the organisers of the $50,000 (Rs 24 lakh) tournament heaved a sigh of relief. While some big names might be missing from the year-end tournament, there would be no dearth of talented shuttlers wanting to make a mark before the Senior National Championship, starting in Guwahati from January 2.

Ranked 25th in the country, P.V. Sindhu took little time to dispose of Rucha Nikam 21-6, 21-9 to make it to the main draw, while Juhi Dewangan struggled before brushing aside local girl Shivalaya Gupta 21-19, 21-11 to become the fourth qualifier.

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Sharad Deep
Sharad Deep is a versatile sports journalist, who loves writing on cricket and Olympic sport. He has played cricket at the university level and has been writing for Hindustan Times since 1997.

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