Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 25 (ANI): India’s main males’s and ladies’s singles shuttlers Prannoy HS and PV Sindhu entered the quarterfinals on the ongoing Malaysia Masters 2023 in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu comfortably bought the higher of Aya Ohori of Japan 21-16, 21-11 in 40 minutes in pre-quarters and can lock horns with China’s Zhang Yi Man to guide a spot within the semifinals.
Continuing his sensible run within the BWF World Tour Super 500 occasion, Prannoy defeated All England champion Li Shi Feng of China with an excellent come-from-behind victory 13-21, 21-16, 21-11 within the Round of 16. He will face Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto within the last-8 spherical on Friday.
Men’s singles shuttlers Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth will likely be in motion later within the day.
This yr is a crucial one for Indian shuttlers as they are going to be competing in Hangzhou Asian Games from September 23 to October 8 the place they are going to be competing in each singles, doubles and group occasions.
Sindhu bagged a bronze within the group occasion in 2014 whereas she gained a silver in ladies’s singles within the 2018 version. Overall Sindhu has a formidable document in multi-sporting occasions as she bagged a gold in Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham and gained a silver and bronze in Rio Olympics 2016 and Tokyo Olympics respectively.
Lakshya Sen too will likely be desperate to carry out after successful gold in Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham and he was additionally a part of the group that gained the Thomas Cup in the identical yr. (ANI)