China Open: Parupalli Kashyap, Sai Praneeth and Satwik-Ashwini out of tournament
Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap’s campaign at the China Open came to an end after he was defeated by Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in Fuzhou on Thursday.
Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap’s campaign at the China Open came to an end after he was defeated by Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen in Fuzhou on Thursday.
The 25th ranked player ran out of steam after a decent start against seventh seed Axelsen. He went down 13-21, 19-21 in the men’s singles second round, that lasted 43 minutes.
This is the second time Kashyap has lost to Axelsen this year. The former Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap had lost to the world No 6 at the India Open in March.
Sai Praneeth too went down fighting 20-22, 22-20, 16-21 to World No. 5 Anders Antonsen in 2nd round of China Open.
As for the mixed-double team, Korea’s Seung Jae SEO and Yujung Chae beat India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa 23-21, 21-16.
Later on Thursday, Thailand Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will clash with sixth seeds Japanese Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe in the second round of the men’s doubles event.