Hong Kong, September 14 (ANI): India’s problem ended on the Hong Kong Open after India gamers Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa did not advance to the following spherical on Thursday.
Jolly-Gopichand misplaced in a straight units 8-21, 14-21 to Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia.
Crasto-Ponnappa misplaced to high seeds Mayu Matsumoto and Wakana Nagahara of Japan 18-21, 7-21.
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen withdrew from the event earlier than his match on Wednesday, handing his opponent, Chinese Taipei’s Su Li Yang, a walkover.
Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor, in the meantime, misplaced to Singapore’s Hee Yong Kai Terry and Tan Wei Han Jessica 19- 21, 10-21 within the first spherical.
China’s Zhang Yi Man defeated Asian Games-bound Malvika Bansod 21-14, 21-12 within the first spherical of the ladies’s singles fundamental draw.
Aakarshi Kashyap bowed out after dropping to Yvonne Li of Germany 18-21, 10-21 on Wednesday.
Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala fell 14-21, 19-21 to South Korea’s Ko Sung Hyun and Shin Baek Cheol within the opening spherical of males’s doubles. (ANI)