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Chetan Anand falls at final hurdle

April 06, 2008 22:35 IST

Chetan Anand's [ Images ] dream of claiming his first Grand Prix [ Images ] title was crushed with the final match defeat at Yonex Sunrise India [ Images ] Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament against Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in Hyderabad on Sunday.

Anand, the reigning national champion, lost 16-21, 12-21 in the men's singles event.

Mi Zhou of Hong Kong emerged champion in the women's category as she pipped Chinese Lan Lu 21-14, 21-14 in the final match.

Chinese pair of Zhendong Guo and Zhogbo Xie took away the men's doubles title after beating Choon Eng Chew and Chong Ming Chan of Malaysia 19-21, 21-14, 21-12.

Yu Chin Chien and Wen Hsing Cheng of Taipei took the honours in the women's doubles category by defeating Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna of Japan [ Images ] 21-17, 21-16 in their final match.

In mixed doubles, Chinese pair of Hanbin He and Yang (F) Yu claimed the title after thrashing Kristof Hopp and Birgit Overzier of Germany [ Images ] 21-18, 21-9.

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