Copenhagen | Malayalam player HS Prannoy has reached the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championship. In the pre-quarters, Prannoy upset Singapore’s former world champion Low Kien Yew. Prannoy’s victory was 21-18, 15-21, 21-19 in a three-game battle. Meanwhile, in men’s doubles, India’s Swatik Sairaj Renkireddy-Chirag Shetty pair entered the quarterfinals. The edition’s bronze-winning duo of Leo Roli Karnando and Daniel Martin of Indonesia kept their medal hopes alive.
The score of 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 was the victory in the match lasting more than an hour. In today’s quarter, Denmark’s Kim Astrup and Anders Skarup Rasmussen will face each other.
India’s Trisa Joly-Gayatri Gopichand lost in the women’s category. In the pre-quarters, China’s world number one players, Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan, lost in direct games. Score: 14-21, 9-21. The Indian pair could not hold their own against the three-time World Championship champions from China.
2023-08-24 20:26:39
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