Former champion Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand thrashed sixth seed and world number eight Simon Santoso of Indonesia 2-0 (21-11, 21-7) in the round of 16 of the Singapore Badminton Open.
Red Sports believes that the sporting moments of the other 3 local doubles pairs, who have been knocked out in the first round of the 2009 Singapore Badminton Open, are equally worth capturing, remembering and honouring.
A total of 10 seeded shuttlers fell by the wayside in the first round of the 2009 Singapore Badminton Open with the hosts felling three of them.
Top seed Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia swept aside England's top ace Andrew Smith 2-0 (21-11 21-12) in the first round of the Singapore Badminton Open.
Singapore's top women's player Xing Aiying swept aside her Danish opponent Nanna Brosolat Jensen 21-7, 21-18 in the first round of the 2009 Singapore Badminton Open.
Singapore's young shuttlers took a crack at China’s great wall when they put the Chinese prowess to a stern test on the second day of the 2009 Singapore Badminton Open with 18-year-old Fu Mingtian registering the biggest upset at the annual tournament so far.
Eight seed and Olympic silver medalist Xie Xingfang from China beat Hong Kong's Yip Pui Yin 2-1 (21-16, 15-21, 21-17) in the first round of the Singapore Badminton Open.
Fifth seed Pi Hongyan from France was deposed by Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva 2-0 (21-18, 21-11) in the first round of the Singapore Badminton Open.