Indian shuttlers continued their march in the Thailand Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament with three men’s singles players along with women’s singles top seed Saina Nehwal booking their quarterfinal berth.
National champion Sourabh Verma saved a match point to upset seventh seed Alamsyah Yunus of Indonesia 18-21, 21-13, 22-20 while B Sai Praneeth overturned a 16-8 deficit in the decider to beat Choong Haan Wong of Malaysia to advance to the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Thailand Grand Prix Gold tournament on Thursday.
The former junior national champion looked down and out when Choon took a big lead in the decider but the Gopichand Academy trainee fought back and despite squandering two match points, kept his cool to wrap up the match 13-21, 21-18, 22-20.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals was junior national champion Sameer Verma, who got the better of Malaysia’s Teck Zhi Soo 21-18, 21-18.
In the women’s section, top seed Saina Nehwal cruised through the second round with a 21-17, 21-13 victory over Li Han of China. However, national champion PV Sindhu failed to negotiate the guile of former world champion Lin Wang, who is returning from injury, to go down 21-12, 25-23.
Results
National champion Sourabh Verma saved a match point to upset seventh seed Alamsyah Yunus of Indonesia 18-21, 21-13, 22-20 while B Sai Praneeth overturned a 16-8 deficit in the decider to beat Choong Haan Wong of Malaysia to advance to the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Thailand Grand Prix Gold tournament on Thursday.
The former junior national champion looked down and out when Choon took a big lead in the decider but the Gopichand Academy trainee fought back and despite squandering two match points, kept his cool to wrap up the match 13-21, 21-18, 22-20.
Also advancing to the quarterfinals was junior national champion Sameer Verma, who got the better of Malaysia’s Teck Zhi Soo 21-18, 21-18.
In the women’s section, top seed Saina Nehwal cruised through the second round with a 21-17, 21-13 victory over Li Han of China. However, national champion PV Sindhu failed to negotiate the guile of former world champion Lin Wang, who is returning from injury, to go down 21-12, 25-23.
Results
Men’s singles (pre-quarters)
Sameer Verma bt Teck Zhi Soo (Malaysia) 21-18, 21-18
B Sai Praneeth bt Choong Haan Wong (Malaysia) 13-21, 21-18, 22-20
12-Sourabh Verma bt 7-Alamsyah Yunus (Indonesia) 18-21, 21-13, 22-20
Second round
K Srikanth lost to 1-Lin Dan (China) 21-11, 21-13
12-Sourabh Verma bt Pakkawat Vilailak (Thailand) 15-21, 21-17, 21-15
B Sai Praneeth bt 9-Brice Leverdez (France) 21-13, 21-15
Sameer Verma bt Jiann Shiarng Chiang (Malaysia) 21-10, 22-20
Men’s doubles (first round)
K Tarun/Arun Vishnu lost to 6-Ricky Suwardi/Muhammad Ulinnuha (Indonesia) 24-22, 21-13
S Sanjeeth/Jagdish Yadav lost to Calvin hong Ong/Wee Gleen Tan (Malaysia) 21-12, 21-6
Women’s singles (pre-quarters)
1-Saina Nehwal bt Li Han (China) 21-17, 21-13
4-PV Sindhu lost to Lin Wang (China) 21-12, 25-23
Women’s doubles (first round)
Aparna Balan/N Sikki Reddy lost to 1-Xia Huan/Jinhua Tang (China) 21-10, 21-13
Prajakta Sawant/Pradnya Gadre lost to Amelia Anscelly/Fie Cho Soong (Malaysia) 21-19, 21-12
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