World Badminton Championship: HS Prannoy reached the pre-quarterfinals In this way, three players of India have reached the pre-quarterfinals of men’s singles. Before Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen had made it to the last 16.
Huelva (Spain). India’s HS Prannoy entered the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships here on Wednesday after registering a straight game win over Malaysia’s Darren Liu. Prannoy defeated his Malaysian opponent 21-7, 21-17 in a match that lasted 42 minutes.
He will next face the winner of the match between Spain’s Luis Enrique Penalver and Rasmus Gemke of Denmark. In this way, three players from India have reached the pre-quarterfinals of men’s singles. Before Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen had made it to the last 16.
Prannoy did not get much challenge from Liu in the first game. The Indian player won eight consecutive games 8-5 to score 16-5 and easily won the game. The second match was more competitive and both the players were once tied 6-6 but after that Prannoy did not lag behind at any time and took a 16-11 lead.
The Malaysian narrowed the gap, but Prannoy soon took the lead at 19-16 and then won the second game and the match. Meanwhile, in women’s doubles, the pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy have also reached the pre-quarterfinals. They defeated the Chinese pair of Liu Zhuan Zhuan and Xia Yu Ting 21-11, 9-21, 21-13 in three games in the second round match.
In men’s doubles, Indian pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost 11-21, 16-21 to 11th seeded Russian pair of Vladimir Ivanov and Ivan Sazonov. This match lasted for 41 minutes. On Tuesday, defending champion PV Sindhu defeated Slovakia’s Martina Repiska 21-7, 21-9 in women’s singles to reach the pre-quarterfinals. She will now face Thailand’s Pornpawi Chochuwong.
