Badminton Asia Championships Highlights: Chirag-Satwik BEAT Ahsan-Setiawan – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are sailed past Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the quarterfinals. The Indian duo dominated completely as they sealed a 21-11, 21-12 victory in just 27 minutes. With the win, they have assured a medal for India. It however turned out top be a disappointing day for HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu. While Sindhu lost in three games against second seed An Se-young, Prannoy suffered and injury and withdrew from the contest against Kanta Tsuneyama while trailing 11-21, 9-13. India’s Mixed Doubles pair Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor also lost in the Mixed Doubles contest. Follow Badminton Asia Championships 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Badminton Asia Championships Highlights: Chirag-Satwik duo enters semifinal, assures medal, HS Prannoy & PV Sindhu lose in quarterfinals in Badminton Asia Championships 2023 – Watch Highlights
Men’s Singles
HS Prannoy LOST TO Kanta Tsuneyama – 11-21, 9-13
Women’s Singles
PV Sindhu LOST TO An Se-young – 21-18, 5-21, 9-21
Men’s Doubles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty BEAT Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan – 21-11, 21-12
Mixed Doubles
Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy LOST TO Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja – 18-21, 21-19, 15-21
Men’s Singles
HS Prannoy vs Kanta Tsuneyama
Eight seed HS Prannoy too bowed out in the men’s singles quarterfinals after an unfortunate injury. After conceding his match midway against Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan, Prannoy was trailing 11-21, 9-13 when he retired due to an injury.
Right from the start, the contest was a one-way traffic as the Japanese completely dominated the proceedings against the Indian. Prannoy couldn’t even put up a fight and struggled in the second set before withdrawing from the contest.
PV Sindhu vs An Se-young
PV Sindhu has crashed out of the women’s singles quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023. Sindhu squashed a game lead to go down against second seed An Se Young of Korea. Sindhu, seeded eighth, had pocked the first game 21-18 but looked completely off colour in the next two games which she lost 5-21 9-21 to hand Young a place in the semifinals. Sindhu ranked eleventh, succumbed to the South Korean shuttler for the 6th consecutive time.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty assured a men’s doubles medal at the Badminton Asia Championships after 52 years. The Indian pair outplayed Indonesia’s experienced duo Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in the quarterfinals. They won by 21-11 21-12.
Rankireddy and Shetty were in complete control as they brushed aside their opponents in less than 30 minutes. The contest began with both the pairs fighting head-to-head. At 8-8, Chirag hit a cross-court smash and took the lead.
They gained momentum and with two more points on the trot entered the interval with a 11-8 lead. After the interval, the Indian duo extended their lead with five straight points and dominated the contest. They comfortably sealed the first game 21-11.
In the second game too the Indonesian pair took an early lead. But errors from the Indonesians helped the Indians to claw their way back. Chirag Shetty with a body smash took 11-8 lead. Errors from the Indonesian side started to pile up. The Indians also showed their attacking prowess as they completely dominated and sealed the contest.
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