Taipei Open Highlights: Prannoy, Kashyap, Tanya Hemnath enter 2nd round

Taipei Open Highlights: – HS Prannoy, India’s top-ranked men’s singles badminton player defeated Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu Hsien 21-11, 21-10 in the first round at Taipei Open 2023 BWF Super 300 competition on Wednesday, 21st June 2023. Parupalli Kashyap, who is unseeded in the tournament has also entered the second round. He defeated Germany’s Samuel Hsiao 21-15, 21-16. Tanya Hemnath also won her first round contest. She defeated Agnes Korosi 21-7, 21-17.

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Men’s Singles

Sankar Muthusamy LOST TO Kanta Tsuneyama – 21-13, 21-5

Parupalli Kashyap BEAT Samuel Hsiao – 21-15, 21-16

HS Prannoy BEAT Lin Yu Hsien – 21-11, 21-10

Meiraba Maisnam LOST TO Angus Ng Ka Long – 18-21, 17-21

Kiran George LOST TO Leong Jun Hao – 20-22, 21-12, 9-21

Satish Karunakaran LOST TO Chi Yu Jen – 21-10, 21-10

Mithun Manjunath LOST TO Chou Tien Chen – 18-21, 21-14, 16-21

Women’s Singles

Tanya Hemnath BEAT Agnes Korosi – 21-7, 21-17

Gadde Shivani LOST TO Chiu Pin-chian – 12-21, 5-21

Aakarshi Kashyap LOST TO Huang Yu Hsun – 21-10, 16-21, 11-21

Mixed Doubles

Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy BEAT Bokka Navneeth/Priya Konjengbam – 21-14, 21-17

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HS Prannoy vs Lin Yu-hsien

World number nine Prannoy hardly broke a sweat as he took just 26 minutes to dispatch local shuttler Lin Yu-hsien 21-11 21-10 in the opening round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 tournament.

Prannoy started the proceedings slowly in the contest. Trailing 2-3, he soon took four points on the trot to go up 6-3. It became a neck-to-neck battle soon as Lin gave a good fight. A cross-court smash from Prannoy helped him enter the interval with a slender 11-10 lead.

Prannoy switched gears soon after the interval. He brought forth his attacking game and with eight successive points, went up 19-10. After picking up just a solitary point, couple of errors from Lin helped Prannoy win the first game comfortably 21-10.

In the second game, Prannoy continued his dominance right from the start. He entered the interval 11-5. He then took four successive points to extend his lead 15-5. He maintained the lead and went on to win the second game 21-10.

The third seeded Prannoy, who claimed the Malaysia Masters Super 300 title last month, will next take on the winner of the first round men’s singles match between Chen Chi Ting and Tommy Sugiarto.

Former Commonwealth Games gold medallist Kashyap too notched up an easy 21-15 21-16 over Germany’s Samuel Hsiao. He will take on local favourite Su Li Yang in the pre-quarterfinals. 

However, it was the end of the road for S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian, who lost to sixth seed Japanese shuttler Kanta Tsunyama. Kiran George too bowed out of the tournament after losing 20-22, 21-12, 9-21 against Malaysia’s Leong Jun Hao. Meiraba Maisnam lost in straight games against Angus Ng Ka Long.

Kiran George and Mithun Manjunath gave a good fight but lost in three games. While Kiran George defeated Leong Jun Hao, Mithun Manjunath faced a defeat against second seed Chou Tien Chen.

Women’s Singles

Women’s Singles

Tanya Hemnath began her campaign with a 21-7, 21-17 victory against Agnes Korosi. The match started off on an even note with both the players taking turns to pick up points. Hemnath was leading 6-5. She soon took control of the proceedings and entered the interval by winning five straight points.

After the interval, it was complete dominance from the Indian. From 14-7, she went on to pick up seven consecutive points and closed out the first game. In the second game, Korosi took an early 7-5 lead. Both the players fought tooth and nail and Hemnath with a smash managed to enter the interval with a slender 11-10 lead.

The neck-to-neck battle continued after the interval. The scores were level 14-14. Hemnath soon raced ahead with four points on the trot. This lead was enough as she went on to win the game 21-17.

Meanwhile, Gadde Shivani suffered a 12-21, 5-21 loss against Chinese Taipei’s Chiu Pin-chian. India’s highest ranked Women’s SIngles player Aakarshi Kashyap lost to Huang Yu Hsun 21-10, 16-21, 11-21.

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