India’s HS Prannoy defeated compatriot and Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen to enter the singles quarter-finals, whereas the lads’s doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun continued their spectacular run to make it to the final eight stage on the World Championships.
Indian shuttler HS Prannoy defeated his compatriot Commonwealth Games gold medalist Lakshya Sen 17-21, 21-16, 21-17 to enter the quarterfinals #badmintonworld championship 2022 in Tokyo pic.twitter.com/Fgr6qg1PGO
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It was a fierce one hour and quarter-hour battle between Lakshya and Prannoy, who finally defeated their teammate 17-21, 21-16, 21-17. This was the fourth assembly of the 12 months for the 2 Indians after Prannoy’s win, their one-on-one document at 2-2.
Prannoy will now face Zhao Jun Peng of China within the quarterfinals. Besides Prannoy, two Indian males’s doubles pairings of Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty additionally superior to the quarterfinals. However, Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal crashed out of the World Championships after dropping to Busanan Ongbamrungphan within the ladies’s singles pre-quarterfinals.
The 32-year-old misplaced 17-21 21-16 13-21 to her Thai rival, who prolonged her head-to-head document in opposition to the Indian to 5-3. Saina was instantly put underneath strain by Ongbamrungphan as she led 11-3 within the opening recreation.
The two-time World Championship medalist was capable of bridge the hole 17–19, however Ongbamrungphan mustered up the braveness to take the primary recreation. A late bounce within the earlier recreation gave Saina confidence as the previous world No 1 led 11-7 on the break. Playing aggressively, he continued to set the circumstances to make the match decisive. The third recreation was performed on an identical wedge until the interval, however Ongbamrungphan began to realize momentum and opened a five-point lead as Saina slowly began dropping steam. In the top, 26-year-old Ongbamrungphan, who has now gained the final 5 matches in opposition to Saina, had seven match factors to make it to the quarter-finals.
The unseeded Indian pair of Arjun and Kapila fought onerous for 58 minutes to win the spherical of 16 in opposition to Terry Hee and Loh Keen Heen of Singapore in a spherical of 18-21, 21-15, 21-16.
Both have performed properly within the event. They defeated eighth seeded and former version bronze medalists Kim Astrup and Anders Skarup Rasmussen of Denmark 21-17, 21-16 of their second spherical match. On the opposite hand, Satwik and Chirag beat Denmark’s Jeppa Bay and Lasse Molhede 21-12, 21-10 in 35 minutes.
Arjun and Kapila will tackle third seeded Indonesian pair of Mohd Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan within the final eight stage, whereas Satwik and Chirag will tackle second seeded Japanese pair of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi within the quarterfinals.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
