Kallang [Singapore], June 7 (ANI): India’s star males’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, at the moment world No. 5 within the badminton rankings, suffered a heartbreak with a first-round exit within the Singapore Open 2023 after shedding to Japan’s Akira Koga and Taichi Saito on Wednesday.
The Indian duo went right down to the unseeded and world No. 24 Japanese pair 18-21, 21-14, 18-21 in a sport that lasted for one hour and eight minutes.
The pairs displayed robust grit and intent as they refused to go down simply. But, the Japanese duo shifted via the gears after the scores had been stage at 16-16. They gained 5 of the final seven factors to take a 1-0 lead within the match. The duo made a robust comeback within the second sport however ended up shedding the ultimate set.
Later within the day, world No. 15 Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly additionally suffered an analogous destiny within the girls’s doubles. They misplaced to world No. 28 Yeung Nga Ting and Yeung Pui Lam of Hong Kong China in a detailed 14-21, 21-18, 19-21 encounter, of their opening spherical of the occasion.
India’s Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, together with HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen, additionally bowed out of the competitors within the first spherical on Tuesday.
Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth and his Thomas Cup 20222 teammate Priyanshu Rajawat will attempt to preserve the Indian flag flying within the match, as they play their males’s singles spherical of 16 matches on Thursday. (ANI)