China Masters 2023: Satwik/Chirag advance to semis, HS Prannoy crashes out - Highlights
Top seeds Satwik and Chirag dished out an attacking game to outwit world no. 13 Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin of Indonesia 21-16 21-14
China Masters 2023: Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty stormed into the men's doubles semi-final while HS Prannoy crashed out in the quarter-finals of the China Masters Super 750 badminton tournament on Friday
Too many errors have costed HS Prannoy the match and the Indian shuttler crashes out in the quarter-finals of the China Masters ending his hope of World Tour finals.
It has been a poor game for the Indian shuttler as he again gifts two easy points to Naraoka and the Japanese leads 16-13.
The passage of play has been fantastic with both players coming all guns blazing. Naraoka leads 11-10 but Prannoy needs just one or two shots to reclaim his lead.
HS Prannoy takes the lead in second game with a solid winner leaving Naraoka on the floor. Prannoy 6-5 Naraoka.
Prannoy has made it 3-3 and he roars after winning the point. The Indian shuttler has been poor with his placement today.
The Indian shuttler has made continuous mistakes resulting in Kodai having a big lead. The first game ended with HS Prannoy hitting it on the net.
He needs to be careful in the second game.
Kodai has been forcing Prannoy into errors and the last two points were purely gifts to Naraoka. Prannoy needs to be careful.
A couple of more errors from Prannoy and his shots are going wide of the line. Kodai leads 8-3 at the moment.
Jittery start from HS Prannoy as his winner goes wide and Kodai has a lead of 3-1 at the moment.
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