Asian Games Badminton: Sindhu, Prannoy & Satwik-Chirag reach quarters, Srikanth loses - Highlights
Catch the highlights of Indian badminton players' performances in the Round of 16 at the 19th Asian Games on Wednesday.
PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy will be in action at the Singapore Open Super 750 in Singapore on May 29, 2024. (Photo credit: Badminton Photo/BWF)
PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy in singles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men's doubles cruised to the quarterfinals with rather comfortable victories, while it was the curtain for Kidambi Srikanth and women's doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand.
Catch Highlights:
PV Sindhu beats Putri Kusuma Wardani 21-16, 21-16 in 55 minutes
HS Prannoy beats Dimitry Panarin 21-12, 21-13 in 29 minutes
Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand loses to Kim Soyeong-Kong Heeyong 15-21, 21-18, 13-21 in 80 minutes
Krishna Prasad-Tanisha Crasto loses to Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ei Wei 18-21, 18-21 in 48 minutes
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty beats Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin 24-22, 16-21, 21-12 in 84 minutes
Kidambi Srikanth loses to Kodai Naraoka 16-21, 17-21 in 54 minutes
Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto loses to Zhang Shuxian-Zheng Yu 13-21, 21-23 in 48 minutes
Kodai Naraoka wins!
He's through to the next round.
Final result: Kodai Naraoka bear Kidambi Srikanth 21-16, 21-17 in 54 minutes
Kidambi flies the shuttle wide.
The Japanese world number 3 now needs one point to win this match at 20-17.
Kidambi nets it again.
Kodai now has a two-point advantage in this game.
He leads 18-16.
Kidambi sends the shuttle wide. Naraoka leads 11-9 at the interval. The Japanese player has a two-point advantage now.
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