Osaka [Japan], September 1 (ANI): Indian shuttler Prannoy HS superior to the quarterfinal of the continuing Japan Open 2022 after defeating Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew of their spherical of 16 match within the males’s singles class on Thursday.
Playing on court docket 1, Prannoy received the match 22-20, 21-19. The shuttler was at his highest, defeating Yew in two straight video games to seal his spot within the ultimate eight stage of the match.
He will now face Taiwan’s Chou Tien-Chen within the quarterfinal.
Earlier on Wednesday, Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Kidambi Srikanth introduced his A-game to beat world quantity 4 Lee Zii Jia within the first spherical of the Japan Open on Wednesday.
The Indian shuttler disregarded his World Championships efficiency the place he crashed out within the spherical of 32, to place up an excellent present towards the Malaysian.
He registered his first win in 4 conferences with Lee in straight units 22-20, 23-21.
Lakshya Sen crashed out of the Japan Open’s first spherical. The top-seeded Indian misplaced to Japan’s Nishimoto Okay in an exciting contest 21-18, 14-21, 13-21.
Saina Nehwal additionally discovered a troublesome draw and was confronted with the uphill activity of defeating the world champion Akane Yamaguchi to advance ahead. However, Yamaguchi taking part in in entrance of her house crowd was ruthless and knocked Nehwal out 21-9, 21-17.
Also, the India duo of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila had been knocked out of the competitors after dropping to South Korea’s Choi Sol-Gyu and Kim Won Ho by 21-19, 21-23, 15-21 of their first-round match of the lads’s doubles class.
Also, the ladies’s doubles workforce of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand confronted an early exit from the match, dropping to the Thailand duo of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai by 17-21, 18-21 of their first-round match.
Later right this moment, Kidambi Srikanth might be in motion for India.
The Japan Open began from August 30 and can go on until September 4. (ANI)