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Gopichand, Kanetkar out of Singapore Open

August 21, 2003 04:36 IST

Former All England champion Pullela Gopichand and Nikhil Kanetkar bowed out of the Singapore Open badminton tournament losing their second round men's singles matches on Wednesday night.

Gopichand failed to offer much resistance, losing to seventh seeded Niels Christian Kaldau of Denmark in straight sets 5-15, 3-15, according to information received in Delhi.

Kanetkar, who faced Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratana in the second round, stretched his Hong Kong rival before losing 7-15, 15-12, 6-15.

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Sub: The scoreline is incorrect

The right score for the match of Gopichand is 5-15,15-3,13-15. He lost a very close match to 7th seeded.


Posted by Sanjay Pathak





Sub: gopi jee

gopi jee wear a topi jee and get into politics if you cann't win matches


Posted by chatur





Sub: incorrect scores

it is quite pathetic that a website as reputed as yours would make such an egregious mistake. gopi lost in 3 close games (13-15 in ...


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