All England Open Badminton Championships 2013: March 6 Results

The first day of Main matches were full of surprises overall. India has a mixed day though. Check the upsets of the day and Indian performances.

Qualifier Results

Surprises

Top seed and defending Women’s Singles champion Li Xuerui lost 21-18, 21-18 to Korean Ju Yeon Bae,
2009 champion Wang Yihan (3rd seed) lost to Lindaweni Fanteri of Indonesia 21-12, 21-19.
In Men’s Doubles the top seeds withdrew,
Korean third seeds lost to German pair,
Chinese 5th seeds also lost.
In Men’s Singles Du Pengyu, the Chinese third seed lost to Malaysian Tan Chun Seang.

Won

P. V. Sindhu (IND) def Busanan Ongbumrungpan (THA) 21-13, 21-18 in WS.
Saina Nehwal (IND)[2] def Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) 21-8, 18-21, 21-16
V. Diju & Jwala Gutta (IND) v Peter Kaesbauer & Isabel Herttrich (GER) 21-9, 21-17
Parupalli Kashyap (IND) def Hsu Jen Hao (TPE) 21-17, 21-18
Sourabh Verma (IND) def Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka (INA) 10-21, 21-14, 24-22

Lost

Wang Zhengming (CHN) def Ajay Jayaram (IND) 15-21, 21-18, 21-10
Fran Kurniawan & Shendy Puspa Irawati (INA) v Kona Tarun & Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) 21-18, 21-10
Jian Guo Ong & Yin Loo Lim (MAS) def Akshay Dewalkar & Pradnya Gadre (IND) 21-8, 21-13