Prannoy stuns Lin Dan, Saina advances at Indonesia Open
Tuesday - July 3, 2018 9:10 pm ,
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Prannoy stuns Lin Dan, Saina advances at Indonesia Open
Jakarta July 3 (IANS) H.S. Prannoy stunned Chinese legend Lin Dan to join Saina Nehwal in the second round of the $1 250 000 Indonesia Open badminton championships here on Tuesday.
The Indian eighth seed Prannoy overcame two-time Olympic champion Dan 21-15 9-21 21-14 in 60 minutes in the opening round.
"Really happy with the win since I had couple of months off from the tournaments and to comeback to competition was great for me. Having a big win against Lin Dan also considering the conditions was pleasing especially the way I played in the third game " world No.13 Prannoy who has a 2-1 head-to-head record against the five-time world champion said.
"Now I am looking forward to get on court day after in front of the biggest crowd here in Indonesia."
In the second round the 25-year-old Prannoy will meet Chinese Taipei s Wang Tzu Wei who defeated B. Sai Praneeth 21-10 21-13 in 35 minutes.
Sameer Verma defeated Denmark s Rasmus Gemke 21-9 12-21 22-20 in an hour and nine minutes. In the next round Sameer will run into Danish top seed Viktor Axelsen who won Indonesian Jonatan Christie.
In another upset in the men s singles Frenchman Brice Leverdez shocked Chinese fifth seed and 2016 Olympic champion Chen Long 17-21 22-20 21-19 in an hour and 26 minutes.
India s fourth seed Kidambi Srikanth will meet Kento Momota of Japan on Wednesday.
In the women s singles Saina registered an easy 21-12 21-12 vicotory over Indonesian Dinar Dyah Ayustine to set-up a clash against Chinese fifth seed Chen Yufei who defeated Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya.
Third seed P.V. Sindhu will open her campaign against Thailand s Pornpawee Chochuwong on Wednesday.
Meanwhile the teenaged men s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 8-21 15-21 in 30 minutes.
In another major upset of the day Chinese Taipei s mens s doubles pair of Liao Min Chun and Su Ching Heng stunned Danish second seeds Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21-13 21-15.
India s men s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy will meet Chinese third seeds Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan.
India s women s doubles pair of J. Meghana and Poorvisha S. Ram fell to Indonesians Agatha Imanuela and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti who won 21-11 21-18 in 32 minutes.
India s mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy will clash with Chinese fourth seeds Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong.
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The Indian eighth seed Prannoy overcame two-time Olympic champion Dan 21-15 9-21 21-14 in 60 minutes in the opening round.
"Really happy with the win since I had couple of months off from the tournaments and to comeback to competition was great for me. Having a big win against Lin Dan also considering the conditions was pleasing especially the way I played in the third game " world No.13 Prannoy who has a 2-1 head-to-head record against the five-time world champion said.
"Now I am looking forward to get on court day after in front of the biggest crowd here in Indonesia."
In the second round the 25-year-old Prannoy will meet Chinese Taipei s Wang Tzu Wei who defeated B. Sai Praneeth 21-10 21-13 in 35 minutes.
Sameer Verma defeated Denmark s Rasmus Gemke 21-9 12-21 22-20 in an hour and nine minutes. In the next round Sameer will run into Danish top seed Viktor Axelsen who won Indonesian Jonatan Christie.
In another upset in the men s singles Frenchman Brice Leverdez shocked Chinese fifth seed and 2016 Olympic champion Chen Long 17-21 22-20 21-19 in an hour and 26 minutes.
India s fourth seed Kidambi Srikanth will meet Kento Momota of Japan on Wednesday.
In the women s singles Saina registered an easy 21-12 21-12 vicotory over Indonesian Dinar Dyah Ayustine to set-up a clash against Chinese fifth seed Chen Yufei who defeated Russian Evgeniya Kosetskaya.
Third seed P.V. Sindhu will open her campaign against Thailand s Pornpawee Chochuwong on Wednesday.
Meanwhile the teenaged men s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost to Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe 8-21 15-21 in 30 minutes.
In another major upset of the day Chinese Taipei s mens s doubles pair of Liao Min Chun and Su Ching Heng stunned Danish second seeds Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 21-13 21-15.
India s men s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy will meet Chinese third seeds Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan.
India s women s doubles pair of J. Meghana and Poorvisha S. Ram fell to Indonesians Agatha Imanuela and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti who won 21-11 21-18 in 32 minutes.
India s mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy will clash with Chinese fourth seeds Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong.
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