‘This country is a joke’: HS Prannoy slams Arjuna Award selection
After being ignored last year for the same award, Prannoy had even questioned the selection criteria.
After being ignored last year for the same award, Prannoy had even questioned the selection criteria.
World number six Sindhu had a dream run at the World Championships in Basel, Switzerland, winning the title last year, but she made early exits in the rest of the season.
Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama, who was facing Srikanth for the first time, defeated the sixth-seeded Indian 21-14, 21-19 in just 37 minutes.
With the win, Srikanth has extended his dominance over Vincent, having an 11-3 head-to-head record. The win comes as a morale booster for the 26-year-old who has struggled for form since reaching the final of the India Open in March.
Saina and Sameer are both scheduled to play Gwangju Korea Masters Super 300 tournament next week.
Sindhu did not look in control from the start of the match and ended up losing the first game. She, however, showed signs of a comeback in the second game but Young proved too good for the Indian and clinched it to enter the third round.
Sindhu has suffered surprising first-round and second-round exits at the China Open and Korea Open respectively since her historic win at the World Championships.
Praneeth, ranked 19th, defeated 66th-ranked Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada 21-17, 21-16 in a first-round clash lasting 39 minutes.
Saina will next play Japan's Sayaka Takahashi after the latter beat Indonesia's Ruselli Hartawan.
Three-time winner Saina Nehwal and defending champion Sameer Verma stormed into the respective finals of the women's and men's singles events at the Syed Modi International World Tour Super 300 here on Saturday.
