Badminton
Japan Open: Prannoy defeats Srikanth, Lakshya. Satwik/Chirag moves to quarters- Highlights
HS Prannoy won an all-Indian clash against Srikanth while Lakshya Sen and Satwik/Chirag also moved to quarter-finals of Japan Open 2023.
HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth won the first and second singles matches against England at the Thomas Cup on April 29, 2024.
HS Prannoy defeated Kidambi Srikanth in an all-Indian clash 19-21, 21-9, 21-9 to move to the quarter-finals while Lakshya Sen overcame local boy Kanta Tsuneyama 21-14, 21-16.
In men's doubles, Satwik Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty defeated Jeppe Bay/Lasse Molhede 21-17, 21-11. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost to world number 7 pair Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida while
As it happened:
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- 27 July 2023 4:04 AM GMT
An easy win for the Indian pair.
It was not true for the new world number 2 pair as they completely smashed the Danish pair in the second game to move to the quarter-finals.
- 27 July 2023 3:46 AM GMT
A hard-fought win for the Indian pair.
Satwik and Chirag take the first game 21-17 as the Danish pair troubled them in patches but the Indian pair stood strong.
- 27 July 2023 3:37 AM GMT
Satwik/Chirag are leading 11-9 in the first game.
The Indian pair started well with a lead of 5-2 but the Danish pair took some crucial points and just behind by 9-11 at the mid-game break.
- 27 July 2023 3:17 AM GMT
Treesa and Gayatri are knocked out!
The Indian pair failed to sustain the pressure again and they lose the second game 21-19 to bow out of the tournament.
- 27 July 2023 3:02 AM GMT
The crowd cheers on as the Japanese pair take a slender lead of 11-10 in the first game.
The Indian pair has thrown away another lead as they were leading 9-7 but two errors in costed them the lead.
- 27 July 2023 2:52 AM GMT
A big roar from Lakshya as he wins the match point and he moves to quarter-finals.
The Indian shuttler has overcome the local boy Kanta Tsuneyama 21-14, 21-16 in straight games to book his berth in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open 2023.
- 27 July 2023 2:49 AM GMT
Treesa/Gayatri loses a thriller!
The Indian pair will be feeling extremely hard done by as they lose the first game 21-23. A proper thriller which went from the Japanese leading 19-17 to 20-20 and then the Japanese pair winning it 23-21 courstey a net error from Gayatri.
- 27 July 2023 2:47 AM GMT
Lakshya and Kanta play 41-shot rally!
Both shuttlers are going neck-to-neck here as the game is moving at a snail's pace with longer rallies. Kanta has a lead of 16-15 at the moment.
- 27 July 2023 2:42 AM GMT
The women's doubles match is a roller-coaster.
The Indian pair made a comeback from 7-11 down and were leading 14-12. The Japanese pair then took three points on the trot and made it 16-16.
