BWF World Championships: Prannoy pips Lakshya; Arjun-Kapila, Satwik-Chirag into quarters, Saina bows out
Prannoy came from a game down to beat the ninth-seeded Lakshya 17-21, 21-16, 21-17 in the round of 16.
Prannoy came from a game down to beat the ninth-seeded Lakshya 17-21, 21-16, 21-17 in the round of 16.
Playing on court 1, Sindhu overcame a strong challenge from her Chinese rival Han Yue 17-21 21-11 21-19 in a contest lasting 62 minutes to book her semifinal berth.
Prannoy, searching for his first BWF title in five years, beat Tsuneyama 25-23, 22-20 in the 60-minute men's singles quarterfinal clash to reach the last-four stage.
Prannoy, the only Indian still alive in the BWF Super 1000 event, beat Gemke 21-14, 21-12, to set up a semifinal clash against China's Zhao Junpeng, who beat Hong Kong shuttler Cheuk Yiu Lee in his final-eight clash.
She lost 13-21, 21-17, 15-21 to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt in the match which lasted 47 minutes. With the defeat, Nehwal's hope has further dented.
Kashyap, a former Commonwealth Games champion, will once again be at the forefront as he leads the Indian challenge at the USD 150,000 BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament.
Ace shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and H.S Prannoy will spearhead 20-member strong Indian contingent’s challenge in the…
Incidentally, it was the first time in the season that both teams had ticked off the same match as Trump.
Prannoy and Subhankar advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the men's singles at Swiss Open.
However in the men's singles, H S Prannoy suffered a 13-21 5-21 loss to seventh seeded Tian Houwei.