B Sai Praneeth News
The 20-year-old Lakshya Sen, who had returned with a bronze on his debut in Spain last year, prevailed 21-12, 21-11 over an erratic Vittinghus in his opening match.
The defeat at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno has affected PV Sindhu’s preparations for the next month's Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
India shuttler B Sai Praneeth on Friday crashed out of the ongoing Indonesia Open after a straight-sets defeat in the men`s singles quarter-finals.
Former World no.1 Srikanth Kidambi advanced to the round of 16 of the Denmark Open after defeating fellow compatriot B Sai Praneeth in the first round. Kidambi inflicted a 21-14, 21-11 defeat on Praneeth in just 30 minutes.
BAI also nominated HS Prannoy, Pranav Jerry Chopra and Sameer Verma for the Arjuna honour.
Sindhu will take on Russia's Evgeniya Kosetskaya in the first round of the tournament.
Meanwhile, Ajay Jayaram, HS Prannoy, B. Sai Praneeth and Lakshya Sen have all knocked out of the tournament after going down in their respective second rounds.
Ace Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Parupalli Kashyap on Thursday suffered a major blow as they crashed out of the ongoing China Open badminton tournament after going down in their respective second round clashes in Fuzhou.
Sameer Verma bowed out of the Denmark Open after suffering a 12-21, 10-21 defeat at the hand of fifth-seed Chen Long of China.
In the first-ever meeting between the duo, the Korean shuttler took 40 minutes to sweep aside India's Sindhu 21-14, 21-17 in a thrilling pre-quarterfinal clash of the women's singles event.
Sindhu, who was stunned in the first round of the Korea Open last month, will meet An Se Young of Korea for the very first time for a place in the last-eight.
Kashyap rebounded strongly from the second game down to seal a 21-17, 11-21, 21-12 win over Daren Liew of Malaysia in the pre-quarterfinal clash of the tournament that lasted 56 minutes.
Rio Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu also crashed out of the tournament after going down against Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-12, 13-21, 19-21 in the second round of the women's singles event.
Sindhu eased past fourth-seed Chen Yu Fei of China 21-7, 21-14 in the one-sided semi-final match of the tournament on Saturday to book her place in the final.
Sindhu has already assured herself of a fifth medal at the BWF World Championships.
Sindhu hardly broke a sweat as she eased past her American opponent 21-14, 21-6 in a one-sided round-of-16 that lasted just 34 minutes.
Rankireddy and Shetty rebounded strongly from the second game down against the Korean pair of Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae to eventually seal a 21-17, 17-21, 21-19 triumph in a thrilling last-eight clash that lasted exactly one hour.
Last week, Praneeth had made it to the semi-finals of the Japan Open, only to see himself going down against top-seeded Kento Momota of Japan 18-21, 12-21.
With the win, the Olympic silver medallist has now extended the head-to-head record against Ohori to 8-0.
Praneeth made a comeback in the second game only to bow out of the tournament.
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