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Chetan, Aditi in Dutch Open semis

October 18, 2008 10:38 IST

National champion Chetan Anand [ Images ] and Aditi Mutatkar [ Images ] sailed into the semi-finals even as the mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta [ Images ] and V Diju crashed out, in the Dutch Open badminton tournament in Amsterdam on Friday.

In the women's singles, Aditi defeated Indonesia's Rosaria Yusfin Pungkasari 12-21, 21-13, 21-18 in a 50-minute battle, while sixth seed Chetan got the better off 13th seed Ari Yuli W Hartanto of Indonesia 21-8, 21-16 in 29 minutes to stay on course for his third consecutive title.

However, it was not all hunky dory for India's [ Images ] shuttlers as the Diju-Gutta pair hit a low after last week's high, going down 21-10, 21-15 to the Dane pair of Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in the quater-finals.

Another Indian in the fray, P Kashyap will lock horns with local player Dicky Palyama [ Images ] in the men's singles quarter-finals.

Gutta will combine with her doubles partner Shruti Kurian to take on German duo of Johanna Goliszewski and Michaela Peiffer, while the men's double pair of Rupesh Kumar [ Images ] and Sanave Thomas [ Images ] will cross swords with German duo of Kristof Hopp and Johannes Schoettler.

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