NEW DELHI: Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain led to the most important disenchanted of the India Open 2018, part of the BWF World Tour 500, when he took down house favourite and World No. Three Kidambi Srikanth in directly video games right here on Thursday.
The 26-year-old Zulkarnain, ranked 85th on the earth, made probably the most of an error-prone show by way of his much higher-ranked rival to win 21-19, 21-17 in 43 mins on the Siri Fort Complex indoor courts.
"My goal was to upset higher-ranked players in the tournament and I did so. Hopefully, I can continue the winning run," stated a extremely joyful Zulkarnain.
Zulkarnain will now run into any other Indian, the doughty Sameer Verma, within the next spherical. Verma, ranked 30th on the earth, upstaged former World No. Three Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia 21-18, 19-21, 21-17 in a gruelling struggle that remaining one hour and 20 mins.
Dwelling on his defeat, the second seeded Srikanth, who is coming off an injury layoff, stated: "It was not that I played badly. I was even leading 16-14 in the second game but it was just that I could not score those crucial points. Iskandar picked up shuttles from unimaginable positions which made it tough for me."
Olympic champion Carolina Marin faced a difficult exam from Chinese teen Gao Fangjie before entering the quarterfinal spherical whilst Indian heavyweights PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and 8th seed Sai Praneeth eased into the remaining eight degree with out much fuss.
In probably the most longest matches of the tournamentthat lasted one hour and 23 mins, Marin had to make use of all her revel in to down the 19-year-old China Open runner-up 15-21, 21-15, 21-11.
Marin's opponent within the quarterfinals will be 6th seed Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong who handed a 21-Four, 21-7 drubbing to Thailand's Thamolwan Poopradubsil.
Sindhu felt she has work to do within the upcoming rounds after upstaging Bulgarian Linda Zetchiri 21-10, 21-14. "My performance was not up to the mark today. I had not played her before so I didn't quite know how she plays. It was a tricky match but I am happy that I pulled it off," stated the defending champion who will be up against 8th seed Beatriz Corrales within the next spherical. The Spaniard downed Shivani Ruthvika Gadde (India) 21-19, 21-16.
"Now, I have to be well-prepared against my Spanish opponent in the quarterfinals," Sindhu added.
Saina downed Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 21-11 in 28 mins and will meet fifth seed Beiwan Zhang of USA within the quarters.
Sai Praneeth defeated Hu Yun of Hong Kong 21-10, 21-15 to set up a quarterfinal assembly with 3rd seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
Qualifier Shreyansh Jaiswal put in a spirited show to stretch Parupalli Kashyap before bowing out 21-19, 19-21, 12-21. Kashyap will face Qiao Bin within the quarterfinals after the Chinese defeated qualifier Kartikey Gulshan Kumar 21-7, 21-Three.
Meanwhile within the blended doubles, the Indian pair of the young Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and the experienced Ashwini Ponnappa stunned 3rd seeds Tan Kian Menga and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia 21-16, 15-21, 23-21 in a humdinger that lasted greater than an hour. It used to be the primary time that the Indian duo had been entering the quarterfinals of a Super Series match since they teamed up 10 months ago. Terming it as "important victory" for his or her partnership, Ashwini stated, "it was a crazy finish. We really wanted to win this as we were leading (in the match). I'm really happy it went our way."
They will take on fifth seeds Mathias Christiansen/Christinna Pedersen of Denmark who downed the Indians Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg 21-10, 21-11.
The 26-year-old Zulkarnain, ranked 85th on the earth, made probably the most of an error-prone show by way of his much higher-ranked rival to win 21-19, 21-17 in 43 mins on the Siri Fort Complex indoor courts.
"My goal was to upset higher-ranked players in the tournament and I did so. Hopefully, I can continue the winning run," stated a extremely joyful Zulkarnain.
Zulkarnain will now run into any other Indian, the doughty Sameer Verma, within the next spherical. Verma, ranked 30th on the earth, upstaged former World No. Three Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia 21-18, 19-21, 21-17 in a gruelling struggle that remaining one hour and 20 mins.
Dwelling on his defeat, the second seeded Srikanth, who is coming off an injury layoff, stated: "It was not that I played badly. I was even leading 16-14 in the second game but it was just that I could not score those crucial points. Iskandar picked up shuttles from unimaginable positions which made it tough for me."
Olympic champion Carolina Marin faced a difficult exam from Chinese teen Gao Fangjie before entering the quarterfinal spherical whilst Indian heavyweights PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and 8th seed Sai Praneeth eased into the remaining eight degree with out much fuss.
In probably the most longest matches of the tournamentthat lasted one hour and 23 mins, Marin had to make use of all her revel in to down the 19-year-old China Open runner-up 15-21, 21-15, 21-11.
Marin's opponent within the quarterfinals will be 6th seed Cheung Ngan Yi of Hong Kong who handed a 21-Four, 21-7 drubbing to Thailand's Thamolwan Poopradubsil.
Sindhu felt she has work to do within the upcoming rounds after upstaging Bulgarian Linda Zetchiri 21-10, 21-14. "My performance was not up to the mark today. I had not played her before so I didn't quite know how she plays. It was a tricky match but I am happy that I pulled it off," stated the defending champion who will be up against 8th seed Beatriz Corrales within the next spherical. The Spaniard downed Shivani Ruthvika Gadde (India) 21-19, 21-16.
"Now, I have to be well-prepared against my Spanish opponent in the quarterfinals," Sindhu added.
Saina downed Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 21-11 in 28 mins and will meet fifth seed Beiwan Zhang of USA within the quarters.
Sai Praneeth defeated Hu Yun of Hong Kong 21-10, 21-15 to set up a quarterfinal assembly with 3rd seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
Qualifier Shreyansh Jaiswal put in a spirited show to stretch Parupalli Kashyap before bowing out 21-19, 19-21, 12-21. Kashyap will face Qiao Bin within the quarterfinals after the Chinese defeated qualifier Kartikey Gulshan Kumar 21-7, 21-Three.
Meanwhile within the blended doubles, the Indian pair of the young Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and the experienced Ashwini Ponnappa stunned 3rd seeds Tan Kian Menga and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia 21-16, 15-21, 23-21 in a humdinger that lasted greater than an hour. It used to be the primary time that the Indian duo had been entering the quarterfinals of a Super Series match since they teamed up 10 months ago. Terming it as "important victory" for his or her partnership, Ashwini stated, "it was a crazy finish. We really wanted to win this as we were leading (in the match). I'm really happy it went our way."
They will take on fifth seeds Mathias Christiansen/Christinna Pedersen of Denmark who downed the Indians Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg 21-10, 21-11.
Sindhu, Saina ease into quarters; Srikanth stunned
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