HYDERABAD: Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth registered arduous fought victories to advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open BWF Tour Super 750 tournament in Paris on Thursday.
Saina made a very best comeback to get the simpler of Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 10-21, 21-14, 21-17 in the second one spherical.
The 28-year-old, who's taking part in a pink patch after an extended gap, downed Okuhara for the second one time in two weeks. Saina will now face international No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the ultimate eight clash on Friday. Tai trounced China's Gao Fangjie 21-12, 21-17.
The Indian ace might be keen to end the five-year-old jinx against Tai.
Later in the day, PV Sindhu additionally moved into the quarterfinals with instantly games victory over Sayaka Sato of Japan. Sindhu defeated Sato 21-17, 21-16 in the second one spherical match.
Defending champion Srikanth recovered after dropping the primary game to beat Dong Keun Lee of South Korea 12-21, 21-16, 21-18. This is Srikanth's first victory against Lee in 3 meetings.
After dropping the primary game with out offering much battle, Srikanth rallied again in the second one. From Five-6, Srikanth moved to 13-8 in quick time. Thereafter, he maintained a minimum of a two-point lead prior to profitable the game at 21-16.
The 3rd game was once a carefully fought affair. At one stage, Srikanth accrued a three-point lead, 17-14. But Lee did well to meet up with the Indian at 18-18. However, Srikanth had the ultimate laugh as he got here up with a three-point burst to seal the issue.
The international No.6 Indian will face the bold Kento Momota of Japan, who eased past his compatriot Kazumasa Sakai 21-17, 21-17. The international No.1 enjoys a Nine-Three win-loss document against Srikanth. Momota was once so dominant against the Indian that when March 2015 he received all of the six matches they performed, the most recent was once in the semifinals of Denmark Open ultimate Saturday.
Saina made a very best comeback to get the simpler of Nozomi Okuhara of Japan 10-21, 21-14, 21-17 in the second one spherical.
The 28-year-old, who's taking part in a pink patch after an extended gap, downed Okuhara for the second one time in two weeks. Saina will now face international No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the ultimate eight clash on Friday. Tai trounced China's Gao Fangjie 21-12, 21-17.
The Indian ace might be keen to end the five-year-old jinx against Tai.
Later in the day, PV Sindhu additionally moved into the quarterfinals with instantly games victory over Sayaka Sato of Japan. Sindhu defeated Sato 21-17, 21-16 in the second one spherical match.
Defending champion Srikanth recovered after dropping the primary game to beat Dong Keun Lee of South Korea 12-21, 21-16, 21-18. This is Srikanth's first victory against Lee in 3 meetings.
After dropping the primary game with out offering much battle, Srikanth rallied again in the second one. From Five-6, Srikanth moved to 13-8 in quick time. Thereafter, he maintained a minimum of a two-point lead prior to profitable the game at 21-16.
The 3rd game was once a carefully fought affair. At one stage, Srikanth accrued a three-point lead, 17-14. But Lee did well to meet up with the Indian at 18-18. However, Srikanth had the ultimate laugh as he got here up with a three-point burst to seal the issue.
The international No.6 Indian will face the bold Kento Momota of Japan, who eased past his compatriot Kazumasa Sakai 21-17, 21-17. The international No.1 enjoys a Nine-Three win-loss document against Srikanth. Momota was once so dominant against the Indian that when March 2015 he received all of the six matches they performed, the most recent was once in the semifinals of Denmark Open ultimate Saturday.
Saina, Srikanth and Sindhu in French Open quarters
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October 26, 2018
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