Badminton
Korea Open: Satwik/Chirag win, Prannoy knocked out Highlights
Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty remain only Indians in Korea Open as other shuttler bowed out.
Indian shuttlers endured a disappointing day in the Korea Open 2023 as Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were the only ones to win and move to the quarter-finals.
HS Prannoy lost to Lee Cheuk Yiu while Priyanshu Rajawat almost stunned Kodai Naraoka. The pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand was thrashed by home favourites and second-seeded pair of Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee
As it happened:
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- 20 July 2023 6:09 AM GMT
Meanwhile, Priyanshu is not ready to give up.
The decider is hangs in favour of Kodai with a score of 11-10 but Priyanshu is very much alive in it and he has been good with his winners today, landing them precisely.
- 20 July 2023 6:07 AM GMT
Treesa and Gayatri look clueless here.
The Indian pair is trailing by 1-12 in the second game and there is no depth in the game. The Koreans are enjoying the errors and they are very much comfortable at the moment.
- 20 July 2023 6:00 AM GMT
The Indian pair failed to sustain the pressure.
The Korean pair came all guns blazing after the break and won the first game 21-11 with the Indian pair having a stupid moment in the last point where Treesa moved to get a new racquet while the Korean pair taking point in the space left by her.
- 20 July 2023 5:53 AM GMT
Priyanshu Rajawat you beauty!
The Indian shuttler has shown immense fight in the second game and despite being behind for the majority of the game, he wins 21-18 to force a decider.
- 20 July 2023 5:51 AM GMT
Meanwhile, Treesa and Gayatri are behind 8-11 in first game.
Playing against the Korean pair of Baek Ha and Lee So, the Indian pair started well and took lead in early exchanges but two consecutive errors on the net resulted in the Korean pair leading 11-8.
- 20 July 2023 5:23 AM GMT
Kodai Naraoka takes the first game 21-14.
The top-seeded player in the tournament shows his quality as he puts the accelerator on after the break and outclasses the Indian shuttler to win 21-14.
- 20 July 2023 5:11 AM GMT
Priyanshu has kept Kodai Naraoka on his toes.
Kodai Naraoka leads 11-8 in the first game but Priyanshu has done really well and was leading at one point of time. He just needs to be patient in closing out the rallies.
- 20 July 2023 4:11 AM GMT
HS Prannoy is knocked out.
That was a tough battle and Prannoy fought hard. In the decider, Prannoy kept himself till the last moment but Lee won the game 21-18 to register a good victory over the fifth seed.