Former mixed doubles national champions Jwala Gutta and V Diju were the only Indian survivors after the second day of the Li-Ning Singapore Super Series which saw the country’s challenge in men’s singles and women’s doubles come to an abrupt end.
Jwala-Diju, seeded sixth, got the better of the Malaysian combination of Aik Quan Tan and Pei Jing Lai 21-15, 21-15 to advance to the mixed doubles quarterfinal. They will now face second seeds Hung Ling Chen and Wen Hsing Cheng of Chinese Taipei for a berth in the semifinals.
In other matches, all three Indians in the men’s singles draw faced reversals and so also the women’s doubles combinations of Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre/Prajakta Sawant.
India’s challenge in women’s singles and men’s doubles had been cut short in the first round itself.
Results (second round)
Men’s singlesRMV Guru Sai Dutt lost to Boonsak Ponsana (Thailand) 21-12, 21-8
Anand Pawar lost to Victor Axelsen (Denmark) 21-19, 21-17
Ajay Jayaram lost to 6-Tien Minh Nguyen (Vietnam) 21-15, 21-14
Women’s doubles
Prajakta Sawant/Pradnya Gadre lost to 3-Shizuka Matsuo/Mami Naito (Japan) 21-18, 21-15
Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Meiliana Jauhari/Greysia Polli (Indonesia) 21-15, 22-20
Mixed doubles
6-V Diju/Jwala Gutta bt Aik Quan Tan/Pei Jing Lai (Malaysia) 21-15, 21-15
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