24 Nov 07
ANAND PAWAR (21) has moved into the quarterfinals of the Scottish Open Badminton Championships in progress at Glasgow. Anand in his opening round upset rising Danish star Jan O Jorgensen in straight games (21-14, 23-21) and followed that up with straight games wins over Scott Evans (Ireland no.1 and world no.45) 21-14, 21-18 and French No.1 Erwin Kehlhoffner (21-13, 21-19). Anand on Saturday will play Andrea Dabaka, the top Canadian in the quarterfinals.
Anand Pawar, a trainee of the Padukone Academy, has been training in Aarhus, Denmark, for the past two months under Danish great Morten Frost. The academy has sent Anup Sridhar and Anand Pawar to train under Morten and also play the European tournaments during October/November. Anup Sridhar had to cut short his training programme and return to India due to a heel injury.
In the women’s singles, Aditi Mutatkar made good progress beating Jill Pittard of England 22-20, 21-11 before losing to Japanese player Kanako Yonekura 16-21,18-21 in the pre-quarterfinals.
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