Top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and B Sai Praneeth superior to the quarterfinals however former champion Kidambi Srikanth crashed out within the second spherical of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 match right here on Thursday.
Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, labored exhausting to win the second spherical 21-12 21-18 in opposition to world No. 26 Yvonne Lee of Germany in an $850,000 prize match.
In the ladies’s singles quarterfinals, the defending world champion, seeded third, will face Sim Yujin of South Korea.
Praneeth claimed a 21-17 14-21 21-19 victory over world quantity 70 Christo Popov of France in a grueling match that lasted one hour and 23 minutes.
The world quantity 16 Indian will subsequent face Olympic champion and former world quantity Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.
World champion Axelsen, seeded second, ended his marketing campaign with a 21-14, 21-18 victory over Srikanth in 37 minutes.
Sixth seeded males’s pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty additionally made it to the final eight after shedding 21-15, 19-21, 23-21 in an exhilarating encounter in opposition to Korea’s Kang Minhyuk and Seo Seungjae.
The Eleventh-ranked Indian pair will tackle the Malaysian pair of Goh Se Phi and Noor Izzuddeen.
For the primary time in opposition to Lee, world quantity 7 Sindhu seemed utterly in management from the beginning.
Such was his dominance that the two-time Olympic medalist took the primary sport simply, profitable seven consecutive factors in a single leg.
Lee made an excellent restoration within the second sport and it was fought extra evenly. But Sindhu remained adamant and didn’t let the Germans acquire her benefit.
Praneeth began nicely and took an 8-2 lead early on however Popov misplaced seven consecutive factors instantly after the break to take a 14-12 lead.
However, the Indian held his nerves to pocket the opening sport.
The second sport was a tightrope as Popov fought exhausting and took a slim 11-10 lead on the interval. He went 15-14 earlier than sending him down six consecutive factors.
In the decider, Praneeth took one leg to steer 11-7, however once more a seven-point blast helped Popov to counterattack on his arch-rival. However, Praneeth made positive that he received the final snort on the finish.
In the second spherical match, Axelsen made good use of the courtroom to spin Srikanth. He waited for the Indian to make a mistake and produced some nice angles to hassle him.
As a outcome, Axelsen took a six-point lead within the first break. Srikanth returned 11-14 and 13-16, solely to tug it away with a unfastened shot. Finally a fast comeback after which Srikanth went to the nets to present Axelsen the opening sport.
In the second sport, Srikanth received off to a terrific begin, going 0-6 down, however he narrowed his errors to make it 11-8.
However, Axelsen regrouped and confirmed numerous goal as he led 14-12 with a smash. Srikanth took some good pictures in time to take a 17-16 lead however as soon as once more squandered the chance with a large shot.
He ultimately despatched Axelsen a very long time handy the match.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
