BADMINTON Attri-Reddy in finals of US Open; Praneeth, Jwala-Ashwini out

[Anup Tiwari]

NEW YORK: Indian shuttlers Ajay
Jayaram, R M V Gurusaidutt and Sai
Praneeth notched up contrasting
wins to enter the men's singles
third round at the $120,000 US
Open Grand Prix Gold being played
at the Suffolk County Community
College. While 14th seed Jayaram beat Czech Republic's Jan Frohlich 21-9, 21-7 in 21 minutes, 16th seed Sai overcame Danish Christian Lind Thomsen 13-21, 21-9, 21-10 in 48 minutes on Wednesday.Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Gurusaidutt defeated compatriot Anand Pawar 18-21, 21-11, 22-20 in 56 minutes
also to advance to the pre-quarter-
finals.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

RE: BADMINTON Shuttlers Jayaram, Gurusaidutt advance in US Open

NEW YORK: Indian men's doubles
pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth
Reddy reached the finals but it was
curtains for B Sai Praneeth and
women's doubles combo of Jwala
Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa at the
US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton
tournament here. The world number 26 Indian pair defeated fourth seeds Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda of Japan 21-17, 21-17 in a 34-minute match to set up a summit clash with Chinese combo of Junhui Li and Yuchen Liu. India's men's singles shuttler B Sai Praneeth, however, lost to former World No. 1 and two-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei of Malaysian in the semifinals.
The 22-year-old from Andhra Pradesh
lost 9-21, 17-21 to Chong Wei in 34-minute clash. Commonwealth Games silver medallists Jwala and Ashwini,
seeded fourth, also suffered a defeat at the hands of Japanese pair of Ayane Kurihara and Naru Shinoya 17-21, 11-21 to bow out of the
tournament.

 

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