Australia Open HIGHLIGHTS: Sindhu, Prannoy, Srikanth advance, Mithun upsets former World Champion
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HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu (credits: BAI Media)
A host of Indian shuttles feature in the round of 32 of Australia Open 2023.
While PV Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth and Priyanshu Rajawat all progressed into the Round of 16 by winning their matches, The 25 year Mithun Manjunath defeats former World Champion Loh Kean Yew in straight games in first ound.
Malvika Bansod loses to higher ranked Pai Yu Po 20-22, 11-21 and Tasnim Mir loses to similar ranked Indonesian shuttler 13-21, 7-21 in 1st round.
Huge win for the current national champion! He beats a former world champion! Mithun Manjunath defeated Loh Kean Yew 21-19,21-19 to reach Round 2.
Men's Singles - Mithun Manjunath vs Loh Kean Yew
Women's Singles - Tasnim Mir vs K Dewi
Men's Singles - Lakshya Sen vs Kiran George
Women's Singles - Malvika Bansod vs Pai Yu Po
HS Prannoy overcame a tough challenge from Lee Cheuk Yiu to move to the round of 16 of Australia Open 2023.
HS Prannoy overcame a tough challenge from Lee Cheuk Yiu to move to the round of 16 of Australia Open 2023.
The Indian shuttler tried but Lee did brilliantly to take the last three points and force a decider.
Lee leads 11-9 in the second game and Prannoy will want to make a comeback like first game again.
A tightly fought game as HS Prannoy comes back from behind to win 21-18. Lee Cheuk Yiu had a lead of 16-13 but Prannoy came back with some fine cross court winners to win the game.
Prannoy made few mistakes on the net and he is trailing by 9-11 at the mid-game break.
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