Badminton
Malaysia Open Highlights: Satwik/Chirag win, HS Prannoy and Lakshya sen knocked out
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Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awardee Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty takes on Muhammad Fikri and Maulana Bagas of Indonesia in the first round and takes a straight-set (21-18, 21-19) win.
In Men Singles, both HS Prannoy & Lakshya Sen losses out in their matches against Anders Antonsen of Denmark and Weng Hong Yang of China respectively.
As it happened:
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- 10 Jan 2024 1:25 PM GMT
A powerful smash from China's Weng to take a 2 point lead
Game 1: Weng 7-5 Lakshya
- 10 Jan 2024 1:24 PM GMT
Lakshya Sen is on the court in a neck-on neck encounter so far
Game 1: Weng 5-5 Lakshya
- 10 Jan 2024 7:49 AM GMT
HS Prannoy knocked out of the Malaysia Open.
It was a lackluster performance from India's number one and he is out of the tournament after losing to Anders Antonsen of Denmark in straight games.
- 10 Jan 2024 7:42 AM GMT
HS Prannoy is two points away from losing the match.
HS Prannoy trails 10-20 in the second game and is most likely out of India Open.
- 10 Jan 2024 7:35 AM GMT
Prannoy trails at the mid-game break.
Anders Antonsen takes a healthy lead of 11-7 at the mid-game break and HS Prannoy has a mountain to climb back in the second game in order to avoid a defeat.
- 10 Jan 2024 7:31 AM GMT
Prannoy and Antonsen are locked at 7-7.
Prannoy has been much better in the second game with less unforced errors but he still needs to work on his winners.
- 10 Jan 2024 7:28 AM GMT
Satwik/Chirag win the first game 21-18.
The Indian duo take the first game home with 21-18 despite the Indonesian pair fighting back in the latter stage. They would like to win it in straight games.
- 10 Jan 2024 7:22 AM GMT
HS Prannoy loses the first game.
Not a good start for the Indian shuttler as he looked out of focus from the start and lost the first game 14-21. Prannoy needs to set his focus and win the second game.