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Indian challenge ends

JOHOR BAHRU: Trupti Murgunde lost to China's Li Chen 18-21, 11-21 in the women's singles quarterfinals of the Asian Badminton Championship here on Friday.

Meanwhile, Chetan Anand's fine run came to an end in the men's singles after he went down 14-21, 14-21 to top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the third round.

Earlier, Murgunde had displayed sparkling form to overpower Yonekura, ranked 17th in the world, 21-17, 21-19 in the pre-quarterfinals.

Promising starlet Saina Nehwal put up another sparkling performance but failed to cross the third round hurdle and surrendered 21-16, 10-21, 19-21 to Hirose Eriko of Japan.

In men's doubles, Thomas Kurian and V. Diju lost to the second seeds, Sigit Budiarto and Chandra Wijaya of Indonesia 10-21, 16-21, while Thomas Sanave and Rupesh Kumar went down 16-21, 18-21 to Luluk Hadiyanto and Alven Yulianto in the second round. — Agencies

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