Indonesia Open 2023: HS Prannoy, Satwik/Chirag march into semis - Highlights
Indonesia Open 2023: HS Prannoy beat Japan's Kodai Naraoka for the first time in his career. Satwik/Chirag also pulled off a stunning win over the top seeds.
HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth won the first and second singles matches against England at the Thomas Cup on April 29, 2024.
HS Prannoy beat third seed Kodai Naraoka 21-18, 21-16 in the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open 2023, a BWF Super Series 1000 event, on Friday.
Satwik Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty earlier upset top seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Adrianto in men's doubles to make it into the semifinals, while Kidambi Srikanth made an exit.
Highlights:
Victory! Prannoy has beaten Naraoka for the first time in his career. He wins 21-18, 21-16 in 55 minutes. Naraoka, the 3rd seed, left floored by the end of the match.
Prannoy, the lone singles contender from India left in the fray, marches on into the semifinals.
A loud yell from Prannoy as he watches the shuttle sail over the line and takes a 17-15 lead. And he keeps opening the court up for his powerful smashes. Naraoka left flat-footed.
Prannoy 19-16 Naraoka
Naraoka maintains his lead in the second game but again Prannoy claws back, making the Japanese work very hard with court coverage, and takes the lead at 14-13.
Prannoy leads in the 2nd game now!
Naraoka builds a 3-point lead but Prannoy claws back with the big forehands, something which has troubled the Japanese all through this match.
An attritional opening to the second game. The Japanes is inches ahead at 7-6, looking to stay in the match and the tournament.
Both shuttlers are tied at 17-17 and the Indian shuttler needs to make it count.
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