Australian Open: Indian campaign ends in quarters as Prannoy, Sameer, Aakarshi lose their matches - Highlights
Catch all the Highlights of Indian shuttlers' performances in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Super 500.
HS Prannoy in action during a BWF World Tour event. (FILE PHOTO: Badminton Photo/BWF)
Three Indian singles players and one pair were in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Super 500 in Sydney on Friday.
While Sameer Verma, who upset Loh Kean Yew in the Round of 16, goes out to Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese Taipei, HS Prannoy had his task cut out against willy Japanese shuttler Kodai Naraoka, who is currently the World No. 6.
In women's singles, Aakarshi Kashyap was up against Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei in her quarterfinal fixture.
In mixed doubles, B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy took an uphill task when they go up against World No. 5 Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin of China.
As it happened:
Indian Campaign at the Australian Open is over in the quarterfinal stage as Indian shuttlers lost all four quarterfinal matches scheduled for the day.
Final Score: HS Prannoy 19-21, 13-21 Kodai Naraoka
Game-2: HS Prannoy 13-17 Kodai Naraoka
Game-2: HS Prannoy 10-15 Kodai Naraoka
Game-2: HS Prannoy 7-11 Kodai Naraoka
Game-2: HS Prannoy 4-4 Kodai Naraoka
Game-1: HS Prannoy 19-21 Kodai Naraoka
Game-1: HS Prannoy 19-20 Kodai Naraoka
Game-1: HS Prannoy 19-18 Kodai Naraoka