Australian Open: Aakarshi Kashyap crashes out after rout in quarter-last

Sydney [Australia], June 14 India shuttler Aakarshi Kashyap crashed out of the continuous Australian Open 2024 in the wake of surrendering a loss in the quarter-last round of the badminton competition on Friday.

In the ladies' singles, Kashyap experienced a 21-17, 21-12 misfortune against Taiwanese shuttler Pai Yu-Po in the 42-minute match.

The Taiwanese shuttler overwhelmed Kashyap in straight two games. In the primary game, Pai prevailed upon it 21-17 the Indian shuttler. While, in the subsequent game, Kashyap neglected to get back in the saddle and lost by 21-12.

In the past round, Aakarshi Kashyap crushed Kai Qi Teoh of Australia 21-16, 21-13 to make her position in the quarterfinals.

Aakarshi's comrades Malvika Bansod and Anupama Upadhyaya were killed in the subsequent round. Malvika lost 21-17, 23-21 to Indonesian seventh seed Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo, and Anupama lost 21-11, 21-18 to Indonesian 6th seed Putri Kusuma Wardani.

In the mean time, in the blended duplicates, Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy lost against the Chinese sets of Zhen Bang Jiang and Ya Xin Wei 21-12, 21-14 in the quarter-last round. The match went on for 31 minutes.

The Indian pair neglected to leave an imprint in the quarter-last round and lost in straight two games against Chinese shuttlers. Wei-Jiang dominated the main match by 21-12 and in the subsequent game, they secured a 21-14 triumph against the Indian pair.

In their past round, B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy won against the Australian team of Kai Chen Teoh and Kai Qi Teoh and moved to the quarter-last round.