Badminton: Indian campaign at Singapore Open ends

Singapore July 19 (IANS) The Indian campaign in the Singapore Open ended as all shuttlers crashed out in the pre-quarter finals here on Thursday.
Sourabh Verma lost to Vietnam s Tien Minh Nguyen 21-18 15-21 11-21 in men s singles match which lasted 56 minutes while Subhankar Dey too bowed out of the meet losing to Chinese Taipei s top seed Tien Chen Chou 13-21 14-21.
In women s singles category Rituparna Das was beaten by Yulia Yosephin Susanto of Indonesia 21-15 13-21 16-21 while Ruthvika Shivani was beaten 8-21 15-21 by Japanese fifth seed Sayaka Takahashi
The mixed doubles pair of India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa also bit the dust as they lost 14-21 21-16 14-21 to Honng Kong s Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Chau Hoi Wah. Other Indian pair Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy were also beaten by Hong Kong s Chand Tak Ching and Wing Yung.
In the men s doubles category Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out losing ot China s Ou Xuanyi and Xiangyu Ren 17-21 18-21.

--IANS gau/sed