Friday, July 26, 2019

Badminton News

At $750K DAIHATSU YONEX Japan Open 2019, Tokyo (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 750)

[QF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) bt Tommy Sugiarto (INA,18) 21-12 21-15

[QF] (5) Pusarla V. Sindhu (IND,5) l (4) Akane Yamaguchi (JPN,2) 18-21 15-21

[QF] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) l (2) Takeshi Kamura (JPN)/ Keigo Sonoda (JPN) 19-21 18-21

[SF] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,23) vs (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1)

A mixed day for the Indians ... Sai scored a convincing win over a higher-ranked Tommy Sugiarto ... In the semis, he is having a tough match against the WR #1, Kento Momota.
Sindhu lost her 2nd consecutive match against Akane Yamaguchi in last 6 days ... She again failed to challenge Yamaguchi in straight games loss.

Satwik and Chirag gave a decent fighting performance against a local WR #3 Japanese pair.

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