Chetan Anand and Jwala Gutta

New Delhi: Ace shuttler Chetan Anand and the mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V. Diju eased into the second round of the Denmark Open, even as compatriots Arvind Bhatt and Aditi Mutatkar crashed out of the Super Series event in Odense Wednesday.

In the men’s singles category, national champion Chetan thumped Stefan Wojcikiewicz of Canada 21-6, 21-15 in just 25 minutes, while Jwala and Diju prevailed over the Indonesian pair of Endang Nursugianti and Anggun Nugroho 21-15, 21-12 in the mixed doubles.

However, Arvind squandered a first-game lead to go down fighting against Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia 21-18, 15-21, 19-21 in 48 minutes.

Anand Pawar also followed suit and was shown the door by Malaysian Choong Hann Wong 17-21, 21-12, 21-18 in the opening round.

In the women’s singles, Aditi hit a low after the high of the Dutch Open Grand Prix, as Canadian Anna Rice got the better of the Indian 21-18, 21-15.

Meanwhile, Jwala and Shruti Kurien will pair up to meet local challengers Christinna Pedersen and Mie Schjoett-Kristensen in the women’s doubles category.

Jwala Gutta had clinched the women’s doubles and mixed doubles titles at the Bulgarian Grand Prix badminton tournament in Sofia recently.

A week before her victory in the Bulgarian capital she had won the Bitburger Grand Prix mixed doubles title in Saarbruecken, Germany with V. Diju.