Badminton News

At $350K TOYOTA Thailand Open 2019, Bangkok (HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500)

[Q1] Sourabh Verma (IND,44) bt Kantawat Leelavechabutr (THA,153) 21-18 21-19
[Q1] Ajay Jayaram (IND,67) l Ze Qi Zhou (CHN,52) 16-21 13-21

[Q2] Sourabh Verma (IND,64) bt Ze Qi Zhou (CHN,52) 11-21 21-14 21-18
[Q1] Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka (IND,101) bt Brittney Tam (CAN,53) 16-21 21-14 21-19

[R1] Subhankar Dey (IND,41) bt (1) Kento Momota (JPN,1) w/o
[R1] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) bt Kantaphon Wangcharoen (THA,15) 17-21 21-17 21-15
[R1] (Q) Sourabh Verma (IND,44) l (7) Kanta Tsuneyama (JPN,16) 21-23 21-19 5-21
[R1] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) bt (Q) Peng Bo Ren (CHN,96) 21-13 17-21 21-19
[R1] Prannoy H. S. (IND,31) bt Wing Ki Vincent Wong (HKG,27) 21-16 22-20
[R1] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,35) bt Misha Zilberman (ISR,43) 18-21 21-8 21-14
[R1] (8) Sameer Verma (IND,13) l Zii Jia Lee (MAS,17) 23-21 11-21 5-21

[R1] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) bt Phittayaporn Chaiwan (THA,67) 21-17 21-19
[R1] (Q) Sai Uttejitha Rao Chukka (IND,101) l Xiao Xin Chen (CHN,23) 17-21 7-21

[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) bt Manu Attri (IND)/ B. Sumeeth Reddy (IND) 21-11 24-26 21-11

[R1] Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) l Wen Mei Li (CHN)/ Yu Zheng (CHN) 7-21 13-21

[R1] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) bt Kohei Gondo (JPN)/ Ayane Kurihara (JPN) 21-16 21-13
[R1] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) bt (5) Peng Soon Chan (MAS)/ Liu Ying Goh (MAS) 21-18 18-21 21-17

[R2] Sai Praneeth B. (IND,19) vs Subhankar Dey (IND,41)
[R2] (5) Kidambi Srikanth (IND,10) vs Khosit Phetpradab (THA,32)
[R2] Prannoy H. S. (IND,31) vs (6) Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,11)
[R2] Parupalli Kashyap (IND,35) vs (3) Tien Chen Chou (TPE,3)

[R2] (7) Saina Nehwal (IND,8) vs Sayaka Takahashi (JPN,18)

[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Chirag Shetty (IND) vs (6) Fajar Alfian (INA)/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto (INA)

[R2] Pranaav Jerry Chopra (IND)/ N. Sikki Reddy (IND) vs (8) Chun Man Tang (HKG)/ Ying Suet Tse (HKG)
[R2] Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)/ Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) vs Alfian Eko Prasetya (INA)/ Marsheilla Gischa Islami (INA)

A big Indian contingent is playing in Thailand and they have a good start ... Sindhu has skipped for preparation of the World Championship, but Saina makes comeback from injury ... Sourabh and Chukka qualified for the main draw ... Kento Momota decided to skip at the last moment, so Subhankar receives a bye ... Sai scored an upset win over Wangcharoen and he is facing Subhankar in the second round ... Srikanth needed three games to win over Ren, next, he is facing a local player Phetpradab ... Prannoy also scored a win over higher-ranked Wing Ki Vincent Wong, he is facing the 11th ranked Nishimoto ... Kashyap scored a comeback win over Zilberman, next, he is facing the WR #3, Tien Chen Chou.
Saina scored a straight-sets win over a Thai girl ... Next, she is facing Takahashi.

In the doubles, Satwik and Chirag needed 3 games to beat Manu and Sumeeth ... Next, they r facing the 6th seed Indonesian pair ... Ashwini and Sikki failed to challenge their Chinese opponents.
In MXD, Satwik and Ashwini scored a superb win over WR #5 Malaysian pair ... Next, they r facing an Indonesian pair ... Pranaav and Sikki also join them beating a Japanese pair in straight sets ... Next, they r facing the 8th seeds Hong Kong pair.