Saina, Kashyap, Sourabh in pre-quarters of Thailand Open
Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal
notched up a thrilling three-game victory over Chinese Lu Lan
in the opening round to advance to the pre-quarters of the
Thailand Grand Prix Gold in Bangkok on Wednesday.
|Last Updated: Jun 09, 2011, 12:05 AM IST|Source: Bureau
New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal
notched up a thrilling three-game victory over Chinese Lu Lan
in the opening round to advance to the pre-quarters of the
Thailand Grand Prix Gold in Bangkok on Wednesday.
Commonwealth games bronze medallist P Kashyap and young
shuttler Sourabh Verma also registered contrasting wins to
enter the pre-quarterfinals of the men`s singles category.
World number four and top seed Saina staved off a
challenge from Lu 21-17, 14-21, 21-18 in the first round women`s
singles match which lasted around an hour.
India`s top men`s singles player Kashyap, seeded 14th,
also brushed aside Poodchalat Pisit 21-17 9-21 21-11 in a
52-minute match first before going past Indonesian Sukamta
Evert 21-13, 21-14 in the second round.
Kashyap will next take on Mohamad Arif Abdul Latif of
Malaysia tomorrow.
Sourabh also made a resounding start to his campaign,
beating Andre Kurniawan Tedjono 15-21, 21-19, 22-20 in an hour
and 11 minutes match in his first round.
The Madhya Pradesh then saw off Jen Hao Hsu of Chinese
Taipei 21-17, 20-22, 21-16 to set up a clash with Malaysian
qualifier Beng Hong Kuan in the third round tomorrow.
His countrymate RMV Gurusai Datt, however, could not make
it to the pre-quarters after losing a gallant battle against
16th seed Choong Hann Wong of Malaysia 13-21, 21-19, 12-21. Guru
had defeated Malaysian Kwong Beng Chan 21-10, 20-22, 21-10 in
the first round.
Ajay Jayaram too failed to cross the second round after
going down to fourth seed Jin Chen of China 12-21, 21-15, 18-21
at the CU Sport complex.
He had beaten Chinese Taipei`s Tien Chen Chou 21-14 21-17
in a 35-minute first round match.
Arundhati Pantawane, who had won the Gold Medal in
National Games at Ranchi, registered wins in the first two
qualification rounds but failed to get across her third round
opponent Hung Yung Chan of Hong Kong yesterday.
PTI
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