<p>Chetan did not face much difficulties in outplaying Chanpisey Vann 21-11, 21-10 in the first match to set the tone for a drubbing and Arvind Bhat then blanked Veasna Troeung 21-4, 21-9 in a lop-sided encounter to go 2-0 up in the Thomas Cup match.<br /><br />The Cambodians could hardly build any resistance when Indian pair of V Diju and Jishnu Sanyal crushed Mesa Vandy and Puthicheat Chindet 21-7, 21-9 to further swell the lead.<br />Anup Sridhar routed Sophors Suon 21-9, 21-13 in the fourth match and then Sanave Thomas-Rupesh Kumar beat Troeung-Vann 21-10, 21-8 in the fifth match to complete their second victory in the prestigious badminton tournament.<br /><br />Indian men’s team had scripted a 5-0 whitewash against Sri Lanka in their tournament opener Monday.<br /><br />In Uber Cup, Saina bagged the first game against Goto 21-13 and was leading 1-0 in the second when the Japanese retired from the match giving the world number seven the win.<br />However, the other members of the Indian team squandered the early advantage and lost all the remaining matches.<br /><br />Aparna Balan and Shruti Kurian were beaten 18-21, 21-17, 14-21 by the Japanese pair of Mami Naito and Shizuka Matsuo in the second match, while national champion Trupti Murgunde was drubbed 16-21, 19-21 by Sayaka Sato in the next clash.<br /><br />Top doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also failed to live upto expectations as Japan widened the gap with Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna handing them a 21-13, 13-21, 21-12 defeat. <br /><br />Eriko Hirose drubbed India’s Gayatri Vartak 21-12, 21-7 in the fifth match to round off a comfortable win.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Chetan did not face much difficulties in outplaying Chanpisey Vann 21-11, 21-10 in the first match to set the tone for a drubbing and Arvind Bhat then blanked Veasna Troeung 21-4, 21-9 in a lop-sided encounter to go 2-0 up in the Thomas Cup match.<br /><br />The Cambodians could hardly build any resistance when Indian pair of V Diju and Jishnu Sanyal crushed Mesa Vandy and Puthicheat Chindet 21-7, 21-9 to further swell the lead.<br />Anup Sridhar routed Sophors Suon 21-9, 21-13 in the fourth match and then Sanave Thomas-Rupesh Kumar beat Troeung-Vann 21-10, 21-8 in the fifth match to complete their second victory in the prestigious badminton tournament.<br /><br />Indian men’s team had scripted a 5-0 whitewash against Sri Lanka in their tournament opener Monday.<br /><br />In Uber Cup, Saina bagged the first game against Goto 21-13 and was leading 1-0 in the second when the Japanese retired from the match giving the world number seven the win.<br />However, the other members of the Indian team squandered the early advantage and lost all the remaining matches.<br /><br />Aparna Balan and Shruti Kurian were beaten 18-21, 21-17, 14-21 by the Japanese pair of Mami Naito and Shizuka Matsuo in the second match, while national champion Trupti Murgunde was drubbed 16-21, 19-21 by Sayaka Sato in the next clash.<br /><br />Top doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also failed to live upto expectations as Japan widened the gap with Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna handing them a 21-13, 13-21, 21-12 defeat. <br /><br />Eriko Hirose drubbed India’s Gayatri Vartak 21-12, 21-7 in the fifth match to round off a comfortable win.<br /><br /></p>
