NEW DELHI: Badminton queen PV Sindhu did not protect her Swiss Open Super 300 badminton identify as she suffered a defeat by the hands of unseeded Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in an exhilarating three-game ladies’s singles moment around fit.
Sindhu used to be shocked 15-21, 21-12, 18-21 by way of the Thirty eighth-ranked Wardani of their first-ever face-off on the global stage on Thursday.
But second-seeded males’s pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty saved India’s flag flying by way of coming into the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 12-21 21-17 28-26 win over Taiwanese pair of Fang-Chih Lee and Fang-Jen Lee.
The global no. 6 The Indian duo will subsequent face Danish pair of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede afterward Friday.
Earlier on Thursday, global no. 9 and 5th seed HS Prannoy made a surprise second-round go out after dropping in immediately video games towards unseeded Christo Popov of France.
Prannoy, a favourite getting into the competition, regarded a faded shadow of himself in entrance of worldwide no. 40 Popov as he failed to offer any combat, dropping 8-21 8-21 to bow out of the boys’s singles tournament.
But it used to be Kidambi Srikanth, who used to be the primary to crash out on Thursday, dropping to Hong Kong’s Cheuk Yiu Lee.
Going by way of ratings, there used to be infrequently the rest to split the 2 as Srikanth is positioned twentieth on the planet as towards his rival’s nineteenth place.
It used to be a hard-fought fit, however Lee saved his composure to emerge 22-20 21-17 winner within the singles pre-quarterfinal contest.
National champion Mithun Manjunath additionally bowed out in the second one around, dropping 19-21 10-21 to Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei.
(With inputs from PTI)
Sindhu used to be shocked 15-21, 21-12, 18-21 by way of the Thirty eighth-ranked Wardani of their first-ever face-off on the global stage on Thursday.
But second-seeded males’s pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty saved India’s flag flying by way of coming into the quarterfinals with a hard-fought 12-21 21-17 28-26 win over Taiwanese pair of Fang-Chih Lee and Fang-Jen Lee.
The global no. 6 The Indian duo will subsequent face Danish pair of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede afterward Friday.
Earlier on Thursday, global no. 9 and 5th seed HS Prannoy made a surprise second-round go out after dropping in immediately video games towards unseeded Christo Popov of France.
Prannoy, a favourite getting into the competition, regarded a faded shadow of himself in entrance of worldwide no. 40 Popov as he failed to offer any combat, dropping 8-21 8-21 to bow out of the boys’s singles tournament.
But it used to be Kidambi Srikanth, who used to be the primary to crash out on Thursday, dropping to Hong Kong’s Cheuk Yiu Lee.
Going by way of ratings, there used to be infrequently the rest to split the 2 as Srikanth is positioned twentieth on the planet as towards his rival’s nineteenth place.
It used to be a hard-fought fit, however Lee saved his composure to emerge 22-20 21-17 winner within the singles pre-quarterfinal contest.
National champion Mithun Manjunath additionally bowed out in the second one around, dropping 19-21 10-21 to Chia Hao Lee of Chinese Taipei.
(With inputs from PTI)