Monday, September 18, 2017

Badminton News

At $325K YONEX Japan Open 2017, Tokyo, Japan (Superseries)

[Q1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,45) bt Emil Holst (DEN,37) 21-15 21-14
[Q1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Hirokatsu Hashimoto (JPN)/ Hiroyuki Saeki (JPN) 14-21 22-20 21-18
[Q1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Hiroki Midorikawa (JPN)/ Natsu Saito (JPN) 21-13 21-15

[Q2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,45) l Yu Igarashi (JPN,74) 11-21 21-18 14-21
[Q2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Keiichiro Matsui (JPN)/ Yoshinori Takeuchi (JPN) 21-18 21-12
[Q2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt Hiroki Okamura (JPN)/ Naru Shinoya (JPN) 21-18 21-9

[R1] Sourabh Verma (IND,33) vs (7) Lin Dan (CHN,3)
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,17) vs (Q) Dong Keun Lee (KOR,)
[R1] (8) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,8) vs Tian Houwei (CHN,10)
[R1] Prannoy H.S. (IND,18) vs Anders Antonsen (DEN,15)
[R1] Sameer Verma (IND,26) vs (Q) Khosit Phetpradab (THA,32)

[R1] (4) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,4) vs Minatsu Mitani (JPN,19)
[R1] Saina Nehwal (IND,12) vs Pornpawee Chochuwong (THA,25)

[R1] Manu Attri (IND)/ Sumeeth B. Reddy (IND) vs (8) Lee Jhe-Huei (TPE)/ Lee Yang (TPE)
[R1] (Q) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (3) Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (INA)/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (INA)
[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (3) Ye Na Chang (KOR)/ So Hee Lee (KOR)

[R1] (Q) Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Tinn Isriyanet (THA)/ Pacharapun Chochuwong (THA)
[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (ND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Tomoya Takashina (JPN)/ Rie Etoh (JPN) 21-19 17-21 21-15

Big Indian contingent is participating in Japan open ... Saina and Srikanth r back on the court ... Tough matches for Sourabh, Prannoy and Srikanth.

Pranaav and Sikki started with a win over local pair in three games.

Young Satwik with Ashwin qualified for the main-draw with two comfortable wins over local pairs ... In the doubles qualifying, Satwik-Chirag started with comeback win over local pair ... Later in the day, they defeated another local pair and qualify for the main-draw.

Kashyap started with a comfortable win over his higher ranked Danish opponent, but disappointing loss against lower ranked local player in the final qualifying round.

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