Yonex German Open - Day 1

On Day one of the Yonex German Open, almost all the top seeds got past the first round. Lin Dan of China had it easy against Mathias Borg of Sweden in straight sets 21-15, 21-11. World No.3, China’s World No.3 Jin Chen got past Jan Frohlich of Czech Republic rather easily at 21-9, 21-14. Japan’s World No. 6 got the better of Korea’s Ji Hoon Hong in straight sets 21-13, 21-15. However, World No. 2, Denmark’s Christian Lind Thomsen upset world No. 16, China’s Zhengming Wang in straight sets 21-12, 21-18. In other matches, Scott Evans had to retire after the first set because of injury while playing against Arvind Bhat. Arvind had won the first set 21-9. India’s Ajay Jayram lost the first set rather tamely to the World No. 11, Indonesia’s World No. 11, but came back strongly in the second set to take an early lead of 7-2 before losing out at 19-21. Anand Pawar had it easy against Eetu Heino of Finland in straight sets 21-12, 21-16. Anand plays his second round against Simon Santoso in the second round today. Parupalli Kashyap lost to 55th seed Zi Liang Derek WONG of Singapore in straight sets 15-21, 21-23. Sourbah Varma put up a brave fight against world no. 13 Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark before losing out in a thrilling 3 setter 21-19, 17-21, 15-21.

India’s mixed doubles pairs featuring Jwala Gutta and V Diju start their campaign in today’s first match.