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 2:37 AM GMT
Lakshya leads 11-9 in the second game.
The Indian shuttler has continued his momentum and his winners are troubling Kanta Tsuneyama more than often.
- 27 July 2023 2:35 AM GMT
Treesa and Gayatri are trailing in the first game.
The Indian pair is trailing 7-11 at the first mid-game break and they need to focus on the errors on the net.
- 27 July 2023 2:22 AM GMT
Lakshya wins the first game 21-14.
A steady start for the Indian shuttler and he won the first game 21-14. Errors crept into his game later but he held his nerve and trusted his winners to win the first game.
- 27 July 2023 2:17 AM GMT
Lakshya has a three-point lead.
As the game progresses, Lakshya has started making a few errors but he still has a good lead of 15-12 and will look to close out the game.
- 27 July 2023 2:10 AM GMT
Lakshya leads at the mid-game break.
11-5 lead for the Indian shuttler heading into the mid-game break of the first game. Lakshya has been brilliant with his cross-court smashes and placement of his winners.
- 27 July 2023 2:04 AM GMT
That is some start from Lakshya Sen!
The Indian shuttler dominates in the early exchanges and has raced to a lead of 5-2 while Kanta tries to find his rhythm.
