Srikanth, Sindhu advance at China Open badminton
Thursday - September 20, 2018 8:22 pm ,
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Srikanth, Sindhu advance at China Open badminton
Changzhou (China) Sep 20 (IANS) India s singles shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and P.V. Sindhu advanced while mixed doubles and men s doubles pairs bowed out of the $1 million China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament here Thursday.
Srikanth defeated Suppanyu Avihingsanon of Thailand 21-12 15-21 24-22 in a marathon match which lasted around an hour while Rio Olympic silver medallist Sindhu edged past Thailand s Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-23 21-13 21-18 in another match.
In mixed doubles category Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the meet losing to Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China 14-21 11-21 in straight games while second pair Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lost to Mathias Christiansen Christinna Pedersen of Denmark.
It was end of roads for the men s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy as they lost their match to Chen Hung Ling and Wang Chi-Lin of Chinese Taipei 9-21 10-21 to crash out.
--IANS gau/sed
Srikanth defeated Suppanyu Avihingsanon of Thailand 21-12 15-21 24-22 in a marathon match which lasted around an hour while Rio Olympic silver medallist Sindhu edged past Thailand s Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-23 21-13 21-18 in another match.
In mixed doubles category Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa bowed out of the meet losing to Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China 14-21 11-21 in straight games while second pair Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lost to Mathias Christiansen Christinna Pedersen of Denmark.
It was end of roads for the men s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy as they lost their match to Chen Hung Ling and Wang Chi-Lin of Chinese Taipei 9-21 10-21 to crash out.
--IANS gau/sed
