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 3:57 AM GMT
Lee Cheuk Yiu leads 11-8 at the mid-game break.
The decider started with both players not giving any chance to their opponent but two errors from Prannoy resulted in Lee moving into lead of 11-8 at the mid game break.
- 20 July 2023 3:45 AM GMT
Prannoy wins the second game 21-19.
Phew! That was close.
HS Prannoy wins the second game 21-19 as Lee Cheuk Yiu tried to make a late comeback. After the 11-11 deadlock, Prannoy broke free to take the lead but Lee kept taking points.
Prannoy forced the decider with a cross-court smash.
- 20 July 2023 3:37 AM GMT
It is all-square in the second game.
HS Prannoy and Lee Cheuk Yiu are tied at 11-11 and the game has been inconsistent with both shuttlers making continuous mistakes.
- 20 July 2023 3:21 AM GMT
HS Prannoy loses the first game 15-21.
Prannoy has struggled with his returns on the net in this game and Lee exploited that very well. Prannoy has a huge task ahead of him to comeback and win the second game.
- 20 July 2023 3:11 AM GMT
Not a good start as Prannoy is trailing in the first game.
Lee Cheuk Yiu leads 11-5 at the break and HS Prannoy is unable to find his rhythm at the moment.
