Singapore Open: Sindhu faces extreme test against Carolina; Prannoy, Treesa-Gayatri to highlight in pre-quarters
Kallang [Singapore], May 30 (ANI): Indian shuttler and double cross Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, big showdowns bronze medalist HS Prannoy and the ladies' duplicates pair of Treesa Cheerful and Gayatri Gopichand will play in the pre-quarterfinals round of the continuous Singapore Open competition on Thursday.
Sindhu acquired her spot in the pre-quarters by overcoming world No. 21 Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt of Denmark 21-12, 22-20.
Following the first-round triumph in quite a while, Sindhu will confront previous Olympic boss and opponent Carolina Marin of Spain in the subsequent round.
The two shuttlers broadly confronted each other in the last of the Rio 2016 Olympics where Marin triumphed ultimately. The Spaniard, cultivated third, additionally partakes in a 11-6 no holds barred record against the Indian badminton player. The last time Sindhu and Marin met each other was in the semi-last of the Denmark Open 2023, where Carolina won 21-18, 19-21, 21-7.
Prannoy walked his direction into the round of 16 with a success over world No. 45 Julien Carraggi of Belgium 21-9, 18-21, 21-9 in a match that endured 55 minutes.
Eighth-cultivated Prannoy will next clash with world No. 11 Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in the subsequent round.
Treesa Carefree and Gayatri Gopichand made the second round of the ladies' copies subsequent to getting a familiar 21-7, 21-14 success over Cheng Yu-Pei and Sun Yu Hsing of Chinese Taipei shortly. They will confront second seeds Baek Ha Na and Lee So Hee of the Republic of Korea in the following round.
The Province Games champion, Lakshya Sen was facing ruling Olympic hero Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and lost 21-13, 16-21, 21-13. The world No. 14 Indian played all around ok to drive a decider however missed the mark against the favorite.
In the mean time, Kidambi Srikanth lost 14-21, and 3-11 against Japan's Kodai Naraoka after the Indian selected to stroll over subsequent to experiencing a physical issue. The game went on for just 31 minutes.
Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, notwithstanding, experienced a first-round exit in the wake of losing to Polina Buhrova and Yevheniia Kantemyr of Ukraine by a 18-21, 21-19, 21-19 scoreline.
Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker have likewise been dispensed with from the Singapore Open 2024 after a 21-12, 21-12 misfortune to eighth seeds Apriyani Rahayu and Sitti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti of Indonesia.
The men's duplicates pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Sai Pratheek K couldn't overcome second seeds Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of Individuals' Republic of China. They fell 21-16 and 24-22 out of 41 minutes.
In blended duplicates, India's SK Karunakaran-Aadya Variath fell 21-15, 18-21, 21-11 to China's Guo Xin Wa-Chen Tooth Hui following 51 minutes of play. B Sumeeth Reddy-Sikki Reddy were crushed 21-18, 21-19 by Malaysians Goh Soon Huat-Lai Shevon Jemie, while Danish pair Mads
Vestergaard-Christine Busch effectively crushed Venkat Gaurav Prasad-Juhi Dewangan 21-8, 21-8 in only 19 minutes.
Prior on Tuesday, the world's number 1 badminton couple Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy experienced a stunning early exit in the men's copies first round of the Singapore Open 2024.
Chirag and Satwik missed the mark against the 34th-positioned Danish sets of Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard. In a challenge that went on for 47 minutes, the Indian pair lost the game in two straight sets by a scoreline of 20-22, 18-21.