Disappointment in France; Chetan Anand climbs to #15
Thursday, October 30, 2008. The Indian challenge at the French Super Series 2008 ended in Round 1 itself. In men’s singles, the day started with Arvind Bhat’s loss to World #1 and top seed Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia 14-21 3-21. P Kashyap was the next to crash out with a 8-21 16-21 loss to Chinese Yi Lu. To round off an already bad day, national champion Chetan Anand suffered a straight-game defeat at the hands of World #3 and third seed Jin Chen of China 17-21 14-21. Chetan’s defeat brought the Indian challenge to a crushing end on the first day itself. Earlier, in women’s singles, Aditi Mutatkar squandered a game lead and lost to World #1 and third seed Mi Zhou of Hong Kong 21-17 11-21 9-21.
However, there was some respite for Indian badminton fans on an otherwise forgetful Thursday. The revised World Rankings saw India’s Chetan Anand climb to a career high rank of 15 owing to his fantastic performance at the Denmark Super Series.
The only positive is the exposure Indian shuttlers are getting these days. They are playing is so many international events. I think that one of the reasons why Indian players are doing so well these days and so many of them.
Yup, nothing can match the experience of playing against the world’s best. Huge amount of learning.
[...] in his first round match. The manner in which Chetan lost is disappointing especially after his ascendancy in the world rankings and he will be looking to make amends in the upcoming Hong Kong Super Series (November 24-30, [...]