Malaysia Open 2025: HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag reach pre-quarters

HS Prannoy in men’s singles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty in men’s doubles made a winning start to their respective campaigns at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday.

Prannoy, playing for the first time since his Round of 16 exit from the Paris Olympics, defeated Brian Yang of Canada 21-12, 17-21, 21-15 in the first round.

After his match was postponed to Wednesday due to a leaky roof at the Axiata Arena on Tuesday, Prannoy had to toil hard to overcome Yang in a three-match contest.

Earlier, the mixed doubles duo of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila put up a solid show by defeating Ko Sung Hyun and Eom Hye Won 21-13, 21-14 in just 30 minutes.

In the other men’s singles clash, it was the end of the road for Priyanshu Rajawat, who went down to World No. 7 Li Shifeng of China 11-21, 16-21 in 40 minutes.

In the women’s singles segment, Malvika Bansod started off her season with a 21-15, 21-16 convincing win over Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia.

However, the curtain fell on Aakarshi Kashyap and Anupama Upadhyaya. Aakarshi suffered a 14-21, 12-21 loss to Denmark's Julie Dawall Jakobsen. Anupama Upadhyay, on the other hand, managed to take a game off Pornpawee Chochuwang before falling short in a three-game contest 17-21, 21-18, 8-21

In the men’s doubles domain, the seventh-seeded Indian pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Ming Che Lu and Tang Kai Wei 21-10, 16-21, 21-5.

On the other hand, the women's doubles duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto went down to Misaki Matsutomo and Chihara Shida of Japan in straight games 21-23, 12-21.

Malaysia Open first-round results:

Mixed Doubles Round of 32

Tanisha Crasto-Dhruv Kapila beat Eom Hye Won-Ko Sung Hyun 21-13, 21-14

Sathish Karunakaran-Aadya Variyath beat Ashith Surya-Amrutha Pramuthesh 21-13, 21-15

Men's Singles Round of 32

HS Prannoy beat Brian Yang (Canada) 21-12, 17-21, 21-15

Priyanshu Rajawat lost to Li Shi Feng (China) 11-21, 16-21

Women's Doubles Round of 32

Rutuparna Panda-Swetaparna Panda lost to Benyapa Aimsaard-Nuntakarn Aimsaard 17-21, 10-21

Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto lost to Misaki Matsutomo-Chihara Shida 21-23, 12-21

Women's Singles Round of 32

Malvika Bansod beat Goh Jin Wei 21-15, 21-16

Aakarshi Kashyap beat Julie Jakobsen 14-21, 12-21

Anupama Upadhyaya lost to Pornpawee Chochuwang 17-21, 21-18, 21-8

Men's Doubles Round of 32

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty beats Lu Che Ming-Wei Kai 21-10, 16-21, 21-5