Srikanth, a 2021 World Championships silver medallist, beat Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15 21-19 in the opening round of the men’s singles. He will face Chinese Taipei’s Chia Hao Lee, who beat Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in his opening match.
Singapore: Up against world No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, defending champion Sindhu fought hard before going down 21-18 19-21 17-21 in a little over an hour. The two last faced off in Thailand last year, a PTI report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
India’s Kidambi Srikanth made a winning start but PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy were ousted from the Singapore Open Super 750 after suffering contrasting losses in the opening round here on Tuesday, June 6.
Srikanth, a 2021 World Championships silver medallist, beat Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-15 21-19 in the opening round of the men’s singles. He will face Chinese Taipei’s Chia Hao Lee, who beat Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in his opening match.
Priyanshu Rajawat notched up a 21-12 21-15 win over Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama to make it to the second round. The 21-year-old from Madhya Pradesh will face Japan’s world No. 4 Kodai Naraoka, who beat an in-form Prannoy 15-21 19-21 in 56 minutes.
Sindhu is slowly getting back to her best after recovering from an ankle injury suffered in August last year. She had a final and semifinal finishes at the Spain Masters and Malaysia Masters, respectively, but this was her second successive first-round exit after last week’s early loss at the Thailand Open.
Saina Nehwal lost 13-21 15-21 to former world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, while Aakarshi Kashyap went down 21-17 21-9 to Supanida Katethong in their respective opening matches.
Doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, however, made a good start after claiming a 21-16 21-15 win over France’s Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar in their opening match.
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