Shuttler Srikanth eases into China Open pre-quarters

FUZHOU: Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth stepped forward to the pre-quarterfinals with a very simple victory but HS Prannoy exited after a straight-game loss within the opening round of the China Open World Tour Super 750 match on Wednesday.

Fifth seed Srikanth, ranked 9th, noticed off France's Lucas Corvee 21-12, 21-16 in 35 mins to set up a conflict with Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto.

However, Prannoy lost 11-21, 14-21 to Asian Games gold medallist Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in some other males's singles opener.

There used to be more bad information in retailer for India as young Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka went down 12-21 16-21 to Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand in a women's singles match.


In the combined doubles, the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa fought onerous before shedding 21-18, 19-21, 17-21 to 7th seeded Malaysian aggregate of Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying.


On strategy to his 3rd win over international no 42 Corvee, Srikanth displayed excellent command over his recreation as he erased an initial 1-Four deficit to guide 11-7 on the spoil of the hole recreation. He then extended his stranglehold over his rival to pocket the game conveniently.


In the second one recreation, Corvee showed combating spirit for a while as he moved neck and neck with Srikanth until 7-7. After that the Indian grabbed an 11-Nine advantage on the period after which stored expanding his result in eventually shut the door on the French.


On Tuesday, Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu entered the pre-quarterfinals.
Shuttler Srikanth eases into China Open pre-quarters Shuttler Srikanth eases into China Open pre-quarters Reviewed by Kailash on November 07, 2018 Rating: 5
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