Korea Open 2023- Men’s Doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinal at the Korea Open 2023. The World No.3 pair defeated China’s He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong. Fifth seed HS Prannoy’s campaign at the Korea Open has come to an end. The World No.9 suffered a 15-21, 21-19, 18-21 loss against Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu in the second round on Thursday, 20th July 2023. India’s only other singles player Priyanshu Rajawat also lost his second round match.
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Men’s Singles
HS Prannoy LOST TO Lee Cheuk Yiu – 15-21, 21-19, 18-21
Priyanshu Rajawat LOST TO Kodai Naraoka – 14-21, 21-18, 17-21
Men’s Doubles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty BEAT He Ji Ting/Zhou Hao Dong – 21-17, 21-15
Women’s Doubles
Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand LOST TO Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee – 11-21, 4-21
Mixed Doubles
Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy LOST TO Feng Yan Zhe/Huang Dong Ping – 15-21, 12-21
Men’s Singles
HS Prannoy vs Lee Cheuk Yiu
Fifth seed Prannoy was stunned by the unseeded Lee Cheuk Yu in the second round. Prannoy lost the contest 15-21, 21-19, 18-21 in an hour and six minutes.
Lee Cheuk Yiu had a terrific start to the contest. He began with a lead straightaway and entered the interval when the scores were 11-5. He extended his dominance and didn’t let the Indian make a comeback as he wrapped up the first game 21-15.
Change of ends too did not work early for Prannoy as he began by trailing 3-5. However he managed to take three successive points and took the lead for the first time in the match.
Yiu fought well and a neck-to-neck battle ensued. Yiu never let Prannoy sit comfortably with a lead. He entered the interval with a slender 11-10 lead. After the interval, an unforced error from Yiu helped Prannoy take a 13-12 lead. Prannoy capitalised on the opportunity and went on to win the game 21-19.
In the decider too there wasn’t much to separate both the players initially. From 7-7, Yiu managed to slighly move ahead and entered the interval with a 11-8 lead.
From then on, the unseeded player from Hong Kong managed to stay ahead. Prannoy tried to fightback but he couldn’t control the errors from his end as Yiu went on to win the contest and advanced to the quarterfinal.
Priyanshu Rajawat vs Kodai Naraoka
Priyanshu Rajawat put on a spirited fight against World No.4 and top seed Kodai Naraoka. The Indian took the game into three sets. However he couldn’t clinch a victory as he lost 14-21 21-18 17-21 in a match that lasted one hour and 22 minutes.
Men’s Doubles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs He Ji Ting/Zhou Hao Dong
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the third seeds and world No. 3, defeated the 16th-ranked duo of He Jiting and Zhou Haodong of the Republic of China 21-17, 21-15 in 43 minutes.
The Indian badminton pair will play fifth seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan in the quarter-finals on Friday.
Women’s Doubles
Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee
In the women’s doubles, the 19th-ranked duo of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly lost 21-11, 21-4 to second seeds and world No. 2 pairing of Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee of the Republic of Korea in 33 minutes.
In the mixed doubles, Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy lost 21-15, 21-12 to fourth seeds Feng Yanzhe and Huang Dongping of China in 35 minutes.
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