Prannoy stuns Sugiarto to storm into NZ Open quarters

HYDERABAD: HS Prannoy was the lone Indian survivor on the New Zealand Open BWF Super 300 event in Auckland on Thursday. The unseeded Indian knocked out 2nd seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia 21-14, 21-12 to succeed in the quarterfinals.

However, Prannoy's training partner. Sai Praneeth faltered in opposition to Lin Dan. The a couple of world and Olympic champion from China took just 37 mins to oust Praneeth 21-12, 21-12.


Unseeded Indian doubles duo of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy suffered a instantly recreation loss in opposition to Malaysian seventh seeds Goh V Shem and Wee Kiong Tan 17-21, 19-21.

Prannoy, who featured in the closing fit of the day, got off the great get started in the first recreation and was hardly afflicted by means of Tommy throughout the 37-minute stumble upon.

Nursing foot injuries, Prannoy, has been struggling in the circuit for the closing couple of years. Had reached the quarterfinal stage best twice in the closing 12 months.

The Kerala shuttler will combat out in opposition to Kanta Tsuneyama on the closing eight stage on Friday. The fifth seeded Japanese shuttler downed Sitthikom Thammasin of Thailand 21-14, 25-23 in the second one round. Prannoy enjoys a 1-Zero win-loss record in opposition to Tsuneyama.


Indonesia's Jonatan Christie will play Chinese qualifier Feixiang Sun in the different quarterfinal on the bottom part of the draw. Lin Dan will square up in opposition to top seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia. The fourth quarterfinal might be between sixth seed Ng Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong and Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia.


There had been no primary upsets in women's singles as all of the seeded shuttlers moved into the quarterfinals. Saina's vanquisher Zhiyi Wang complex to the closing eight stage with a difficult fought victory in opposition to Saena Kawakami of Japan 21-16, 14-21, 21-19.


Indian results (Rd II; Men's singles): HS Prannoy bt 2-Tommy Sugiarto (Ina) 21-14, 21-12; 7-Lin Dan (Chn) bt Sai Praneeth 21-12, 21-12.


Doubles: 7-Goh V Shem/Wee Kiong Tan (Mas) bt Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy 21-17, 21-19.
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