Nationals semifinalist K Shrikant continued his dream run in the Macau Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament with a come from behind victory over Nan Wei of Hong Kong to book a semifinal berth.
The Gopichand Badminton Academy trainee fought back gamely despite going down in the first game to win the quarterfinal encounter 16-21, 21-19, 21-19 in just over an hour to set up a last four clash against Chinese Huan Gao.
Also advancing to the last four stage was 12th seed and Shrikanth's academy mate RMV Guru Sai Dutt who hammered Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong 21-11, 21-14. He will now face China's Yuekun Chen for a spot in the final.
However, it was curtains for India in the women's doubles and mixed doubles competition with Ashwini Ponnappa and K Tarun going down 21-9, 21-13 against the top seeded Indonesian combination of Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
In the women's doubles last eight match, Ashwini and her new partner Pradnya Gadre failed to show the required consistency and lost 21-16, 12-21, 21-15 against Indonesia's Komala Dewi and Jenna Gozali.
The Gopichand Badminton Academy trainee fought back gamely despite going down in the first game to win the quarterfinal encounter 16-21, 21-19, 21-19 in just over an hour to set up a last four clash against Chinese Huan Gao.
Also advancing to the last four stage was 12th seed and Shrikanth's academy mate RMV Guru Sai Dutt who hammered Yan Kit Chan of Hong Kong 21-11, 21-14. He will now face China's Yuekun Chen for a spot in the final.
However, it was curtains for India in the women's doubles and mixed doubles competition with Ashwini Ponnappa and K Tarun going down 21-9, 21-13 against the top seeded Indonesian combination of Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.
In the women's doubles last eight match, Ashwini and her new partner Pradnya Gadre failed to show the required consistency and lost 21-16, 12-21, 21-15 against Indonesia's Komala Dewi and Jenna Gozali.
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