Badminton
BWF World Championships 2023: Satwik-Chirag and Prannoy advances to quarters; Treesa-Gayatri and Lakshya exit - Highlights
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had a superb three-setter win against Indonesians Daniel Marthin-Leo Rolly Carnando. Prannoy defeated Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew 21-18, 15-21, 21-19
Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are also on a 10-match winning streak
India’s men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty along with HS Prannoy advanced to the quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships 2023 while Lakshya Sen and women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand crashed out on Thursday.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had a superb three-setter 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 win against Indonesians Daniel Marthin-Leo Rolly Carnando. In the men’s singles pre-quarters, Prannoy defeated Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew 21-18, 15-21, 21-19, while Lakshya Sen lost 14-21, 21-16, 13-21 to Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn.
In women's doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand were no match for China's Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan as the Indians lost 21-14, 21-9
Live Updates
- 24 Aug 2023 3:45 PM GMT
Game 1: Prannoy leads in first game
Prannoy has healthy lead of 3 points at crucial time in first game.
- 24 Aug 2023 3:42 PM GMT
Game 1: Prannoy equalises score 15-15
Prannoy and Loh are carefully chasing each point without giving much lead to other.
- 24 Aug 2023 3:38 PM GMT
Game 1: Loh gains 11-8 lead
Former World Champion Loh Kean Yew goes into first game interval with 3 point advantage over Prannoy
- 24 Aug 2023 3:36 PM GMT
Head-to-Head
World no. 9 HS prannoy has 3-1 head to head advantage over World no. 7 Loh Kean Yew.
- 24 Aug 2023 3:33 PM GMT
HS Prannoy on the court now
HS Prannoy takes the court against Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.
- 24 Aug 2023 1:31 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag advances to quarterfinals
Satwik-Chirag wins the third game 21-9 as Satwik's unreturnable smash falls in the Indonesians' mid-court.
Satwik-Chirag wraps up the match 21-15, 19-21, 21-9
- 24 Aug 2023 1:29 PM GMT
Satwik-Chirag on match point
Satwik-Chirag takes a massive 11-point lead to reach the match-point opportunity.
- 24 Aug 2023 1:25 PM GMT
Game 3: Satwik-Chirag increases the lead
Chirag finishes the game with a push, and the Indians increase the lead to 14-8 in the decider.
- 24 Aug 2023 1:22 PM GMT
Game 3: Satwik-Chirag takes lead again at break
Satwik-Chiag takes an 11-6 lead at the third game interval as Carnando's smash goes wide.
- 24 Aug 2023 1:19 PM GMT
Game 3: Incredible smash from Chirag!
A few quick exchanges of shuttle by the two pairings, but Chirag controls the shuttle and earns India a point from a flat smash. It is 8-6 in the Indians' favour.
