JAKARTA: Defending champion Kidambi Srikanth's campaign ended with a slender opening-round loss however Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu eked out an exciting win to development to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals of the $1,250,000 Indonesia Open BWF World Tour Super 1000 event here on Wednesday.
Former World No. 1 Srikanth suffered his second successive loss to in-form Japanese Kento Momota, ranked 11th, in two weeks. The Indian misplaced 21-12, 14-21, 15-21 in the opening match that lasted exactly an hour at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno.
Momota had ended Srikanth's campaign at Malaysia Open remaining week and despite the fact that the Indian didn't avenge the loss, it used to be a far superior performance via the 25-year-old fourth seed.
Overall, it used to be Srikanth's seventh loss to the former world no 2 Momota, who has been in spectacular form since coming back from a one-year ban because of illegal gambling.
However, Sindhu brought some smiles again in the Indian camp after seeing off Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-15, 19-21, 21-13, putting in place a clash with Japan's Aya Ohori at the eve of her 23rd birthday on Thursday.
Earlier, younger Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka went down 12-21, 10-21 to Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt.
The men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy stretched the world no 2 Chinese pair of Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan to a few video games sooner than surrendering 21-15, 15-21, 17-21 to the 3rd seeded combo.
In mixed doubles, Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy misplaced 12-21, 14-21 to fourth seeded pair of Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China.
In the women's singles match, Sindhu used to be requested some severe questions via the 20-year-old Pornpawee, as she grabbed a narrow 11-10 lead at the first period.
The Indian appeared to struggle along with her timing initially however two go court smash and a misjudgement at backline via her opponent helped Sindhu to lead 14-13.
Sindhu showed great defence and appeared to have stepped up her pace as she soon moved to 19-14 and brought up five sport level possibilities after attacking her opponent's again hand. A disguised shot ended the opening sport in Sindhu's favour.
Sindhu appeared to struggle with the length of her strokes as she hit lengthy and short to allow Pornpawee control the second one sport early on. The Thai woman moved to a 7-2 lead however Sindhu recovered neatly to first claw again at 10-10 with six directly points and then entered the period with a one-point advantage when the Thai hit the web.
Pornpawee turned the table via making it 15-13 sooner than moving to 19-16 when Sindhu discovered the web. But the Thai blew the advantage because the Indian won 3 directly points, together with a handsome smash, to claw again at 19-19.
A superb rally ensued subsequent, which left Sindhu sprawled at the court as it used to be sport level advantage for Pornpawee. The Indian then hit the web and the Thai shuttler used to be again in the contest.
The duo split the initial 10 points in the decider sooner than Sindhu controlled to open up a Eight-5 lead. The Indian held a four-point advantage after she unleashed a directly smash to go into the breather.
Sindhu endured to use her revel in to outwit the Thai shuttler and gained a net duel to make it 18-11. Two extensive pictures and it used to be the eight match points for Sindhu. Pornpawee saved one sooner than Sindhu unleashed any other smash to seal the competition.
Earlier, Srikanth, who used to be overwhelmed in directly video games via Momota in Kuala Lumpur remaining week, got here out with all weapons blazing and moved to a 19-10 lead and then grabbed 10 sport points with a smash. Momota saved two sport points sooner than hitting the web as Srikanth earned the bragging rights.
In the second one sport, Momota moved to a 3-Zero lead early on sooner than a patient Srikanth clawed again at 5-5 with a superb stroke at the net. Despite some stiff resistance from the Indian, the left-handed Japanese controlled to go into the spoil with a narrow 11-Nine lead after generating a formidable smash on his opponent's backhand.
A couple of mistimed strokes from Srikanth and the sport slipped away as he lagged 11-17 sooner than Momota held seven sport points and roared again into the competition when Srikanth once more discovered the web.
In the decider, Momota produced some razor-sharp returns to transport to a Eight-5 lead. A brilliant adjustment at the net gave Momota any other level as he moved to a 11-6 lead.
After the breather, Srikanth minimize down the deficit to 10-12 and then 14-16. But Momota used to be unstoppable as he soon grabbed five match points and transformed it with out additional ado.
Former World No. 1 Srikanth suffered his second successive loss to in-form Japanese Kento Momota, ranked 11th, in two weeks. The Indian misplaced 21-12, 14-21, 15-21 in the opening match that lasted exactly an hour at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno.
Momota had ended Srikanth's campaign at Malaysia Open remaining week and despite the fact that the Indian didn't avenge the loss, it used to be a far superior performance via the 25-year-old fourth seed.
Overall, it used to be Srikanth's seventh loss to the former world no 2 Momota, who has been in spectacular form since coming back from a one-year ban because of illegal gambling.
However, Sindhu brought some smiles again in the Indian camp after seeing off Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-15, 19-21, 21-13, putting in place a clash with Japan's Aya Ohori at the eve of her 23rd birthday on Thursday.
Earlier, younger Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka went down 12-21, 10-21 to Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt.
The men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy stretched the world no 2 Chinese pair of Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan to a few video games sooner than surrendering 21-15, 15-21, 17-21 to the 3rd seeded combo.
In mixed doubles, Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy misplaced 12-21, 14-21 to fourth seeded pair of Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong of China.
In the women's singles match, Sindhu used to be requested some severe questions via the 20-year-old Pornpawee, as she grabbed a narrow 11-10 lead at the first period.
The Indian appeared to struggle along with her timing initially however two go court smash and a misjudgement at backline via her opponent helped Sindhu to lead 14-13.
Sindhu showed great defence and appeared to have stepped up her pace as she soon moved to 19-14 and brought up five sport level possibilities after attacking her opponent's again hand. A disguised shot ended the opening sport in Sindhu's favour.
Sindhu appeared to struggle with the length of her strokes as she hit lengthy and short to allow Pornpawee control the second one sport early on. The Thai woman moved to a 7-2 lead however Sindhu recovered neatly to first claw again at 10-10 with six directly points and then entered the period with a one-point advantage when the Thai hit the web.
Pornpawee turned the table via making it 15-13 sooner than moving to 19-16 when Sindhu discovered the web. But the Thai blew the advantage because the Indian won 3 directly points, together with a handsome smash, to claw again at 19-19.
A superb rally ensued subsequent, which left Sindhu sprawled at the court as it used to be sport level advantage for Pornpawee. The Indian then hit the web and the Thai shuttler used to be again in the contest.
The duo split the initial 10 points in the decider sooner than Sindhu controlled to open up a Eight-5 lead. The Indian held a four-point advantage after she unleashed a directly smash to go into the breather.
Sindhu endured to use her revel in to outwit the Thai shuttler and gained a net duel to make it 18-11. Two extensive pictures and it used to be the eight match points for Sindhu. Pornpawee saved one sooner than Sindhu unleashed any other smash to seal the competition.
Earlier, Srikanth, who used to be overwhelmed in directly video games via Momota in Kuala Lumpur remaining week, got here out with all weapons blazing and moved to a 19-10 lead and then grabbed 10 sport points with a smash. Momota saved two sport points sooner than hitting the web as Srikanth earned the bragging rights.
In the second one sport, Momota moved to a 3-Zero lead early on sooner than a patient Srikanth clawed again at 5-5 with a superb stroke at the net. Despite some stiff resistance from the Indian, the left-handed Japanese controlled to go into the spoil with a narrow 11-Nine lead after generating a formidable smash on his opponent's backhand.
A couple of mistimed strokes from Srikanth and the sport slipped away as he lagged 11-17 sooner than Momota held seven sport points and roared again into the competition when Srikanth once more discovered the web.
In the decider, Momota produced some razor-sharp returns to transport to a Eight-5 lead. A brilliant adjustment at the net gave Momota any other level as he moved to a 11-6 lead.
After the breather, Srikanth minimize down the deficit to 10-12 and then 14-16. But Momota used to be unstoppable as he soon grabbed five match points and transformed it with out additional ado.
Indonesia Open: Srikanth's title defence ends, Sindhu advances
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