Jwala-Ashwini loses in Bitburger Open

India's women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa today crashed out of the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold after suffering a straight-game defeat against the Malaysian pair of Hui Ern Ng and Hui Lin Ng in the second round in Saarbrucken, Germany.
The Commonwealth Games gold-medallist pair lost 15-21 16-21 to the fourth seed duo of Hui Ern and Hui Lin in a 26-minute match this evening.
In men's singles competition, Anand Pawar let go a one game advantage to lose against Ireland's Scott Ivans 16-21 21-17 21-6 in a hard-fought contest.
It was curtains for P C Thulasi in the women's section when the Indian lost her battle against sixth seed Sashina Vignes Waran of France 21-18 14-21 14-21 in a match that lasted 54 minutes.

Earlier, the mixed doubles pair of Ashwini and Tarun Kona matched their opponents, Sweden's Nico Ruponen and Amanda Hogstrom, in smash and net play but eventually ran out of steam in the dying moments of the decider.
Ashwini-Kona lost 15-21 21-19 17-21 after giving the Swedish pair a run for their money.
In the opening round, the pair of Jwala-Ashwini had brushed aside the challenge of Germany's Anika Dorr and Annika Horbach 21-14 21-11.