Indonesia Open: Priyanshu upsets Prannoy, Lakshya, Treesa-Gayatri advance to R16 - Highlights
Catch the highlights of Indian shuttlers' performances in the opening-round matches of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 in Jakarta.
Priyanshu Rajawat in action at the Syed Modi India International. (FILE PHOTO: BAI)
On the opening day of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 in Jakarta, world no. 34 Priyanshu Rajawat thrashed world no. 10 HS Prannoy in straight games in an all-Indian action.
Kiran George is the other Indian men's singles shuttler who lost on Tuesday.
Lakshya Sen in men's singles also advanced to the second round with a straight-game win.
In women's doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand cruised to the Round of 16 with a straight-game win.
In the mixed doubles segment, B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy also won their match.
Catch highlights:
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B Sumeeth Reddy-N Sikki Reddy beat Vinson Chiu-Jennie Gai 18-21, 21-16, 21-17 in 57 minutes
Kiran George loses to Weng Hong Yang 21-11, 10-21, 20-22 in 58 minutes
Lakshya Sen beats Kenta Tsuneyama 21-12, 21-17 in 40 minutes
Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand beat Chen Yu Pei-Sun Yu Hsing 21-15, 21-11 in 29 minutes
Priyanshu Rajawat beats HS Prannoy 21-17, 21-12 in 39 minutes
Priyanshu Rajawat beats HS Prannoy 21-17, 21-17 to register his maiden win over his World No. 10 compatriot.
Priyanshu reaches his match-point chance with a smash. He is leading 20-12.
Priyanshu goes 19-11 up in the second game. He is just three points from winning the match.
Priyanshu smashes into the net to concede two consecutive points as Prannoy trails 11-17.
He is now leading 17-9. Prannoy is nowhere close to his best, he is struggling to retrieve Priyanshu's smashes.
Priyanshu is lucky that his smash trickles over the shuttle as he gains a massive 15-8 lead.
Prannoy is on his knees, as Priyanshu extends his lead to 12-8.
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