Anand Pawar reaches semifinal of Austrian Championship

Bangalore, Feb 22 (UNI) Continuing his winning spree, Indian ace shuttler Anand Pawar stormed into semifinals of the Austrian Open Championship in Vienna today.

Anand created an upset defeating Finland's No 1 Ville Lang in two straight games 21-11, 21-12 in the quarterfinals, according to information received at the TATA Padukone Badminton Academy here.

Earlier, Anand got the better of Austria's top player Juergen Koch late last night.

In the semifinals Anand will clash with Nathan Rice of England later tonight.

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