The victory came as a advanced birthday gift for Jwala, who turns 26 Sept 7.

'It (victory) has come at the right time for me, just a week before my birthday. Back home my parents are very excited and I am happy for them.'

The Indian pair has been making waves on the international scene since its come-back in early 2008, after a year's break.

Their graph has been steadily rising after some stupendous performance. They won the Bitburger Open and Bulgarian Open last year and reached the final of the Indian Open Grand Prix Gold in March.

The entered the top-10 in rankings and made it to the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championship in Hyderabad earlier this month.

'It has all happened very fast for us. It has been a successful journey so far, but we are far from reaching our goals. I would not say that we have peaked in our career. Our aim is much higher and we are taking one step at a time,' Gutta said.

'It's a difficult job to sustain your ranking at the higher level. You have to be more consistent. But we are not thinking about the rankings or winning everytime we play in a tournament. We are taking one game at a time and enjoying it. It's working for us.'