Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei sustained a serious ankle injury at the Thomas Cup on Tuesday, hobbling off in tears to leave his Olympic dreams hanging in the balance.

Jwala Gutta will become the first Indian to qualify for two events – mixed and women's doubles – in the Olympics when the world rankings are out next week and the doubles specialist said she was delighted and hoped to bring laurels to the country at the London Games.

India's P Kashyap put up a gritty performance before losing to world No. 17 Shon Wan Ho of Korea in a three-game thriller to bring down the curtains on the Indian campaign at the Yonex Sunrise India Open Super Series in New Delhi on Saturday.

In a dramatic turn of events, Indian shuttler P Kashyap on Friday edged past Ajay Jayaram to qualify for the London Olympics after Chen Jin of China gave him a walkover in the quarter-finals of the India Open Super Series because of a wrist injury.

Title-contender Saina Nehwal suffered a stunning straight-game defeat in the second round but P Kashyap and P V Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals of the India Open Super Series here on Thursday.

Saina Nehwal said she was aware of the shortcomings of her rival as she made a confident start to the Indian Open Super Series by defeating Hong Kongs Pui Yin Yip 21-14 21-6, here on Wednesday.

Chinese officials use unfair tactics to grab Olympic berths for their players and favour them in tournaments held in their home country, top international shuttlers, including India's Saina Nehwal, have claimed.

In her bid to book a ticket to the 2012 London Olympics, India's ace doubles shuttler Jwala Gutta is eyeing a good run at the Yonex Sunrise India Open that started here on Tuesday.

Former World and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat feels that barring Saina Nehwal, who is a medal hopeful at London Olympics, there is a lot of room for improvement as far as other Indian shuttlers are concerned.

Saina Nehwal is sweating it out a bit more in practice ahead of the Yonex Sunrise India Open because the ace Indian shuttler said she sometimes forgot her strokes.