Badminton
Arctic Open: PV Sindhu into the quarters, Kidambi Srikanth loses-Highlights
PV Sindhu, the only Indian left, will play in the quarterfinal on Friday against Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen.
PV Sindhu (left) and Kidambi Srikanth won their first-round matches at the Korea Open 2022 (Source: Getty, BAI)
Arctic Open 2023 Round-2 Results : .
PV Sindhu won 21-11, 21-10 against Wen Chi Hsu of Chinese Taipei to confirm her Quarter-final clash against Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen. Another Women's Singles player Aakarshi Kashyap lost 8-21, 12-21 to Wang Zhi Yi of China in her Pre-Quarterfinals Clash.
In Men's Singles, Kidambi Srikanth lost to Japanese player Kanta Tsuneyama 15-21, 12-21 in the Second round of Arctic Open. On other Hand, Kiran George also lost to Lu Guang Zu of China after a grueling second set 10-21, 20-22.
In Women's Doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa lost 19-21, 16-21 to French pair of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran in the Round of 16 clash.
As it Happened:
Live Updates
- 12 Oct 2023 9:05 AM GMT
Sindhu has a 7 points lead at Halfway stage of second set, 11-7
Kiran and Lu tied on 4 points
- 12 Oct 2023 9:02 AM GMT
Kiran George started the Second Set with few Good Smashes
He is currently leading 3-1
- 12 Oct 2023 9:01 AM GMT
Sindhu carrying the momentum and currently leading 6-1
This is the third meeting between the two where sindhu came on top in both last occasions
- 12 Oct 2023 9:00 AM GMT
Kiran lost the first set very easily 10-21 to Lu
He hit the shuttle on the net to gave Lu first set
- 12 Oct 2023 8:55 AM GMT
Sindhu took the first with a comfortable scoreline of 21-11
Kiran is trailing with a huge 12 point margin, 5-17
