Melbourne [Australia], August 4 (ANI): World No 9 Prannoy HS entered his third semifinal on the BWF World Tour this 12 months on Friday.
He obtained previous Tokyo Olympic Bronze medallist Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting 16-21, 21-17, 21-14 in males’s singles quarterfinal on the ongoing Australia Open 2023 in Sydney.
Prannoy will likely be up towards world no 31 compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat within the semifinal on Saturday.
On the opposite hand, Orleans Masters 2023 champion Priyanshu Rajawat cruised via to his first semifinal at BWF World Tour Super 500 occasion this 12 months as he obtained the higher of compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in straight video games 21-13, 21-8 in males’s singles quarterfinal.
Earlier within the day, Indian badminton participant PV Sindhu crashed out within the quarter-finals of the Australian Open Badminton after shedding to Chinese-born American badminton participant Beiwen Zhang 21-12, 21-17.
PV Sindhu is presently ranked World No 17 and Beiwen Zhang is ranked World No 12. Before reaching the quarter-final of the event, within the Round of 32, Sindhu defeated Ashmita Chaliha 21-18, 21-13. In the Round of 16, she obtained the higher of Aakarshi Kashyap beating her 21-14, 21-10.
Sindhu has gained medals at varied tournaments such because the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, together with a gold on the 2019 World Championships. She is the primary and solely Indian to grow to be the badminton world champion and solely the second particular person athlete from India to win two consecutive medals on the Olympic Games. She rose to a career-high world rating of No 2 in April 2017. (ANI)