Injured Kashyap withdraws, Sankar Muthusamy makes to the main draw of the US Open Badminton
Sankar Muthusamy, made the it to the main draw of the US Open badminton tournament, winning both his qualifying round matches at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Sankar Muthusamy, made the it to the main draw of the US Open badminton tournament, winning both his qualifying round matches at Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Srikanth will now face either compatriot H.S. Prannoy or Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, who play their first round fixture later in the day.
After being ignored last year for the same award, Prannoy had even questioned the selection criteria.
Prior to Kashyap, shuttler PV Sindhu had also donated Rs 5 lakh each to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Chief Minister Relief Funds.
The coronavirus outbreak severely impacted some of the most high profile sporting events worldwide be it the Indian Premier League (IPL) or Serie A and La Liga matches.
Saina Nehwal lost the first game 15-21 and in the second game threw away a 20-16 lead at one stage to lose the decider 21-23.
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.
Kashyap lost the match 12-21, 15-21 in a contest that lasted as long as 40 minutes at the Incheon Airport Skydome.
Despite a challenging performance by Kashyap’s opponent in the first game, the ace Indian shuttler kept his cool and went on to win the game 24-22 in 21 minutes. The second game was an absolute genius of a game from the Indian star.
The 33-year-old will now be facing the winner of another Round of 16 match between Jan O Jorgensen of Denmark and Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia.
