India News Get -SportsSindhu and Satwik Chirag reached quarter-finals; India’s women’s doubles challenge ends
PV Sindhu eliminated the Japanese player by defeating her in consecutive games.
The pair of PV Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag reached the quarter-finals of the India Open Badminton. In men’s singles, Kiran George performed brilliantly and secured a place in the quarter-finals. India’s challenge in women’s doubles and mixed doubles has come to an end.
The BWF World Tour Super 750 tournament is being played at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi. On Tuesday, Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag had won their respective first round matches.
Sindhu won in consecutive matches. Sindhu, who was playing her second badminton tournament after the Paris Olympics, won in back-to-back matches. She beat Japan’s Manami Suizu 21-15, 21-13. Anupama Upadhyay lost 6-21, 9-21 against Japan’s Tomoka Miyazaki. In men’s singles, Kiran beat Frenchman Alex Lanier 22-20, 21-13.
PV Sindhu is playing her first tournament after her marriage.
Sindhu will face fourth seed Sindhu will face fourth seed Georgia Mariska Tunjung of Indonesia. Who beat the Japanese Natsuki Nadaira 21-12, 24-22. On the other hand, in men’s singles, Kiran will face the Chinese Hong Yang Weng. Who beat Malaysian Jun Hao 21-18, 21-12.
Satwik-Chirag won after trailing, 2022 champions Satwik Sairaj and Chirag Shetty won in men’s doubles. The duo lost the first match 20-22 against Japanese Kenya Mitsuhashi and Hiroki Okamura. Both made a comeback, won the remaining 2 matches 21-14, 21-16 and won the match.
The pair of Satwik and Chirag won the India Open Badminton title in 2022.
Challenge ends in women’s doubles The day was nothing special for India in women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Krishto couple, Rituparna Panda and Shwetaparna Panda couple and Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam couple lost. In mixed doubles, the pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha had to face defeat along with the pair of Asith Surya and Amrita Prithamesh.
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