Kallang [Singapore], June 6 (ANI): India’s star shuttler PV Sindu continues to disappoint as she exits from Singapore Open 2023 after dropping to world champion and No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi within the first spherical on Tuesday. However, Kidambi Srikanth has superior to the second spherical whereas Malaysia Masters winner HS Prannoy misplaced within the males’s singles competitors.
PV Sindhu confronted defeat by 21-18, 19-21, 17-21 in 61 minutes within the ladies’s singles occasion in Kallang as per Olympics.com.
The Singapore Open’s defending champion, PV Sindhu, entered the match unseeded after struggling 4 first-round losses. The Indian badminton participant entered the season because the No. 7 participant on this planet, however she ultimately slid out of the highest 10.
Akane Yamaguchi was behind PV Sindhu within the first set until the top as she received the primary set. PV Sindhu had a 14-12 lead at one level within the second recreation. The match entered the decider, however Akane Yamaguchi seized management with a late surge.
In the primary spherical of the boys’s singles competitors, world No. 23 Kidambi Srikanth defeated Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15, 21-19.
MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila of India defeated Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar of France 21-16, 21-15 within the opening spherical of the boys’s doubles competitors.
Since successful the Malaysia Masters final month, HS Prannoy misplaced the match 21-15, 21-19 in 56 minutes, taking part in towards world No. 3 Kodai Naraoka of Japan.
HS Prannoy, ranked seventh, and Kodai Naraoka began the match on equal footing. The first recreation, nevertheless, swung in the way in which of the Japanese shuttler after scores had been tied at 7-7.
The second recreation started similarly. Kodai Naraoka raced forward after the scores had been degree at 4-4.
HS Prannoy lower Kodai Naraoka’s four-point lead and caught up at 16-16 however the higher-ranked Japanese stored his nerves and eked out a detailed win within the second recreation to shut out the competition.
Former world No. 1 Saina Nehwal will open her marketing campaign towards Thailand’s seventh seed Ratchanok Intanon later within the day. Commonwealth Games 2022 champion Lakshya Sen, who reached the semi-finals of the Thailand Open final week, will open his marketing campaign towards Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen.
India’s world No. 4 males’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and Commonwealth Games bronze medallist ladies’s doubles pair of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly may also be in motion. (ANI)