Promising Indian shuttler Anand Pawar failed to make the main draw of the Indonesian Open badminton tournament after a straight games loss to
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark in the qualifying opener of the Super Series event in Jakarta.
Pawar, who won the Portuguese International championship in March, lost 17-21, 18-21 in 30 minutes.
In other men's singles qualifiers, ace shuttler Anup Sridhar will lock horns with 16th ranked Joachim Persson of Denmark, while Arvind Bhat [ Images ] will clash with local lad Alamsyah on Wednesday.
Saina Nehwal [ Images ], who has qualified for the Beijing [ Images ] Olympics [ Images ], will take on local favourite Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari in the women's singles and then team with Anna Rice of Canada [ Images ] against the Russian duo Ekaterina Ananina and Anastasia Russkikh, also on Wednesday.
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