Final Up to date: January 12, 2023, 13:21 IST
India’s HS Prannoy (AP Picture)
HS Prannoy beat Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-9, 15-21, 21-16 to guide his place within the quarter-final as Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand crashed out of the Malaysia Open
HS Prannoy defeated Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo within the spherical of 16 on the Malaysia Open Tremendous 1000 on Thursday.
The 30-year-old from Kerala gained the competition in opposition to the Indonesian 21-9, 15-21, 21-16.
The ladies’s doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly misplaced to the Stoeva sisters, Stefani and Gabriela, of Bulgaria 13-21, 21-15, 17-21.
The Stoeva sisters, who competed on the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, have been clearly the higher gamers within the opening recreation as they rapidly jumped to a 6-Zero lead after which held their fort, regardless of a mini fightback from the Indians, who introduced the equation all the way down to 9-12 at one stage.
The second recreation was a decent affair as Treesa and Gayatri stored respiration down their opponent’s neck earlier than breaking off at 14-14 to take the match to the decider.
Within the third recreation, the Indian pair had slender leads of 6-Four and 14-13 however the Bulgarian mixture didn’t relent this time, transferring forward from 14-14 to seal the competition.
Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will face off in opposition to Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia later within the day.
Prannoy registered a come-from-behind 22-24, 21-12, 21-18 victory over Lakshya Sen, ranked 10th, in an edgy opening-round contest to make a constructive begin. In the meantime, the lads’s doubles pair Satwik and Chirag trounced the world No. 9 Korean mixture of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Gained Ho to win 21-16, 21-13.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu suffered a loss by the hands of acquainted foe Rio 2016 champion Carolina Marin of Spain misplaced 12-21, 21-10, 15-21 within the opening spherical.
Earlier on Tuesday, Saina Nehwal went down preventing 12-21, 21-17, 12-21 to Han Yue of China within the first spherical and Aakarshi Kashyap too suffered defeat in her first spherical by the hands of Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese language Taipei 10-21, 8-21.
Commonwealth Video games 2022 bronze medallist girls’s doubles pair Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly progressed within the pre-quarterfinals and the Kidambi Srikanth suffered a first-round exit with a 19-21, 14-21 loss to world No. 17 Kenta Nishimoto of Japan on Tuesday.
(With inputs from Businesses)
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