COPENHAGEN, Aug 24: India’s top men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty struggled their way into the quarterfinals at the BWF World Badminton Championships even as the women’s combine of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand crashed out on Thursday.
The second-seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, overcame the sixth-seeded Indonesians Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin of Indonesia in three games, winning 21-15, 19-21, 21-9 in 61 minutes. Hopes, however, ended for the women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who lost their pre-quarterfinal match to China’s top-seeded pair of Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan 14-21, 9-21 in just 42 minutes.
HS Prannoy wins
HS Prannoy knocks our former World Champion Loh Kean Yew 21-18, 15-21, 21-19 to enter the quarter finals at the World Championships. HS Prannoy and Loh Kean Yew gave everything they had there. An incredible match capped off with a hug between the two. HS Prannoy’s potential quarterfinal match could be against home favourite No. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. (Agencies)
