Prannoy defeated Chou Tien Chen of Chinese language Taipei 21-18, 22-20 in 50 minutes. The Taipei shuttler had defeated Prannoy final week within the second spherical of the Kumamoto Masters Japan.
Shenzhen: World Championships bronze medallists HS Prannoy and males’s doubles pair Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy sailed into the second spherical of the China Masters Tremendous 750 badminton event after registering straight video games wins right here on Tuesday.
Prannoy defeated Chou Tien Chen of Chinese language Taipei 21-18, 22-20 in 50 minutes. The Taipei shuttler had defeated Prannoy final week within the second spherical of the Kumamoto Masters Japan.
The Indian was off to a sluggish begin, trailing 6-9 within the opening recreation and went into the break with 11-10 lead. He then opened up a four-point lead at 17-13 and noticed off the problem on the later stage of the primary recreation.
The second recreation was a good battle, with each gamers deeply concerned in intense rallies. All through the sport, neither participant managed to safe a lead of greater than two factors. Chen pulled barely forward of Prannoy proper after the mid-game break, holding a slender 18-16 lead. Nevertheless, Prannoy made it 18-all and sealed the competition on his second match level alternative.
Within the males’s doubles, world no 5 pair Satwik and Chirag registered a simple 21-13, 21-10 win over English duo Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in simply 37 minutes.
Within the ladies’s singles, Aakarshi Kashyap misplaced to world No. 17 native shuttler Zhang Yi Man 12-21, 14-21 in 33 minutes. Aakarshi has been an everyday on the BWF World Tour 2023 season however has but to progress past the second spherical.
Different Indians Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and Priyanshu Rajawat might be in motion within the males’s singles on Wednesday.
Outcomes on the China Masters will rely in direction of gamers’ qualifying rankings for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The qualification window for badminton began on Might 1 this 12 months and can finish in April 2024.
