2008 India Open Grand Prix Gold

2008 India Open
Grand Prix Gold

Tournament details
Dates	1–6 April
Level	Grand Prix Gold
Total prize money	US$120,000
Venue	Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium
Location	Hyderabad, India
Champions
Men's singles	Boonsak Ponsana
Women's singles	Zhou Mi
Men's doubles	Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo
Women's doubles	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin
Mixed doubles	He Hanbin Yu Yang
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The 2008 India Open Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament that took place at Kotla Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad, India, from 1 to 6 April 2008,[1][2] and had a total purse of $120,000.[3]

Men's singles

Seeds

1. Bao Chunlai (withdrew)
2. Chen Jin (second round)
3. Chen Yu (quarter-finals)
4. Park Sung-hwan (third round)
5. Boonsak Ponsana (champion)
6. Wong Choong Hann (third round)
7. Shōji Satō (second round)
8. Lee Tsuen Seng (second round)

Finals

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
		Liao Sheng-shiun	22	14	14
	5	Boonsak Ponsana	20	21	21
								5	Boonsak Ponsana	19	21	21
									Sho Sasaki	21	14	15
		Sho Sasaki	21	13	21
		Lü Yi	17	21	14
															5	Boonsak Ponsana	21	21
																Chetan Anand	16	12
		Chetan Anand	21	22
	3	Chen Yu	16	20
									Chetan Anand	21	21
									Andrew Smith	6	9
		Anand Pawar	18	19
		Andrew Smith	21	21

Women's singles

Seeds

1. Xie Xingfang (withdrew)
2. Lu Lan (final)
3. Zhu Lin (semi-finals)
4. Xu Huaiwen (withdrew)
5. Wong Mew Choo (withdrew)
6. Zhou Mi (champion)
7. Yip Pui Yin (quarter-finals)
8. Eriko Hirose (semi-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	8	Eriko Hirose	21	12	12
	6	Zhou Mi	18	21	21
								6	Zhou Mi	21	21
								2	Lu Lan	14	14
	3	Zhu Lin	21	7	10
	2	Lu Lan	17	21	21

Men's doubles

Seeds

1. Jung Jae-sung / Lee Yong-dae (semi-finals)
2. Tony Gunawan / Candra Wijaya (semi-finals)
3. Hwang Ji-man / Lee Jae-jin (first round)
4. Shintaro Ikeda / Shuichi Sakamoto (withdrew)
5. Guo Zhendong / Xie Zhongbo (champion)
6. Keita Masuda / Tadashi Ōtsuka (quarter-finals)
7. Hendra Aprida Gunawan / Joko Riyadi (withdrew)
8. Albertus Susanto Njoto / Yohan Hadikusumo Wiratama (quarter-finals)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Jung Jae-sung Lee Yong-dae	21	9	18
	5	Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo	19	21	21
								5	Guo Zhendong Xie Zhongbo	19	21	21
									Chan Chong Ming Chew Choon Eng	21	14	12
		Chan Chong Ming Chew Choon Eng	21	9	21
	2	Tony Gunawan Candra Wijaya	18	21	19

Women's doubles

Seeds

1. Cheng Wen-hsing / Chien Yu-chin (champion)
2. Miyuki Maeda / Satoko Suetsuna (final)
3. Jiang Yanmei / Li Yujia (quarter-finals)
4. Aki Akao / Tomomi Matsuda (second round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	21	21
		Shinta Mulia Sari Yao Lei	13	17
								1	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	21	21
								2	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	17	16
		Kamila Augustyn Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	18	17
	2	Miyuki Maeda Satoko Suetsuna	21	21

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1. He Hanbin / Yu Yang (champion)
2. Sudket Prapakamol / Saralee Thungthongkam (quarter-finals)
3. 
4. Robert Mateusiak / Nadieżda Kostiuczyk (semi-finals)
5. 
6. Kristof Hopp / Birgit Overzier (finals)
7. Devin Lahardi Fitriawan / Lita Nurlita (second round)
8. Ingo Kindervater / Kathrin Piotrowski (first round)

Finals

	Semi-finals							Final
	1	He Hanbin Yu Yang	21	21
	4	Robert Mateusiak Nadieżda Kostiuczyk	14	19
								1	He Hanbin Yu Yang	21	21
								6	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	18	9
	6	Kristof Hopp Birgit Overzier	21	22
		Fang Chieh-min Cheng Wen-hsing	19	20

References

1. "Yonex Sunrise India Open Gold 2008". www.internationalbadminton.org. Archived from the original on 22 April 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
2. "Chetan Anand falters in Indian Open final". thaindian.com. 7 April 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2020 – via Bulutangkis.com.
3. Sukumar, Dev (17 March 2008). "Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2008: Draw postponed, big names head for Hyderabad". www.internationalbadminton.org. Archived from the original on 10 April 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2020.

External links

• Tournament Link
• India Open 2008 at www.badmintoncentral.com