Orleans [France], April 8 (ANI): Priyanshu Rajawat’s dream run on the Orleans Master 2023 in France continued because the Indian badminton participant defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chi Yu Jen 21-18, 21-18 within the males’s singles quarter-finals on Friday.
Rajawat will play Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen, the world No. 35, within the semi-finals of the BWF Super 300 badminton match.
In the final spherical, he defeated the highest seed and world quantity 12 Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in his spherical of 16 match at Orleans, France on Thursday.
Priyanshu defeated Nishimoto 21-8, 21-16 in two straight video games.
Against world No. 61 Chi Yu Jen, Priyanshu, who made the ultimate of the Odisha Open final 12 months, in cruise management all through the competition and closed it out in 44 minutes.
Nhat Nguyen, Priyanshu’s semi-final opponent, acquired a walkover from Israeli shuttler Misha Zilberman in his final-eight match.
Earlier, Saina Nehwal crashed out of the ladies’s singles on Wednesday after a first-round loss to Turkey’s Nesilhan Yigit. In the match that lasted 39 minutes, Saina Nehwal was defeated by Nesilhan Yigit of Turkey 16-21, 14-21.
Saina Nehwal, who’s ranked thirty second on the earth in badminton, received off to a sluggish begin and shortly fell behind. The Indian badminton star made an effort to come back again and narrowed the deficit to 11-13, however Nesilhan Yigit, who’s ranked 33 locations beneath Saina, shortly put an finish to the battle and received the opening recreation simply. (ANI)