Shuttler Ajay Jayaram pulls out of China and Hong Kong Open
Other Sports | November 09, 2017 21:46 ISTAjay Jayaram had reached the finals of 2015 Korea Super Series. He had won the Dutch Open twice and finished runners up twice in the tournament.
Ajay Jayaram had reached the finals of 2015 Korea Super Series. He had won the Dutch Open twice and finished runners up twice in the tournament.
Mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy suffered a 15-21 12-21 loss to fourth-seeded Indonesians Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir.
US Open champion HS Prannoy will next face Korea's top seed Son Wan Ho, Srikanth will meet current world champion Viktor Axelsen, while Saina will square off against Japans Akane Yamaguchi.
The 24-year-old will head into Denmark Open as eighth-seed after making two quarterfinal finishes at Glasgow World Championship and Japan Open.
Niharendu Mallick, who had joined SAI's 'Come and Play' course in April, was doing shadow practice on Saturday when he fell unconscious on the floor.
US Open champion H S Prannoy also suffered a 15-21 14-21 loss to China's second seed Shi Yuqi in 45 minutes to crash out in the last-eight stage in Japan Open Super Series.
Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying retained her top spot. London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal was static at the 12th spot.
Sindhu avenged her World Championship heart-break by beating Nozomi Okuhara in a pulsating summit clash of Korea Open to claim her second super series title of the season.
The World Championship silver-medallist recovered from a mid-game slump to stave off the challenge from World No. 19 Minatsu Mitani of Japan 21-19 16- 21 21-10 in a match that lasted 63 minutes.
The London Olympics quarterfinalist, Kashyap will face Chinese Taipei's Hsu Jen Hao in the main draw of Korea Super Series.
BAI chief said he had a meeting with the senior players and they have voluntarily given their nod to participate in the National Championship.
The national badminton coach further says that they both share a very cordial and friendly relationship, which has been built over time.
PV Sindhu, who lost in the World Badminton Championship final to settle for silver, said overall the tournament has been very satisfying for the Indians.
PV Sindhu, a two-time World Championships bronze medallist, dominated her younger opponent from the beginning, not allowing the reigning world junior champion to settle in.
PV Sindhu, who is a double bronze medalist at World Championships, did not break a sweat in the clash and sailed to an easy victory over her Chinese fifth seed opponent.
Saina Nehwal, seeded 12th, registered a morale-boosting 21-19, 21-15 win over South Korean second seed Sung ji Hyun.
Ajay Jayaram, seeded 13th, produced another clinical show to get past world No. 50 Mark Caljouw 21-13, 21-18 in a 33-minute men's singles match.
Saina is likely to take on second seed Sung Ji Hyun. The Indian has a 7-2 head-to-head record against the Korean and most recently beat her at the Australian Open in June.
The eighth-seeded Indian shuttler did not break much of a sweat in the process and came out with a classy performance to progress to the next round.
Sindhu will open her campaign against either Korea's Kim Hyo Min or Egypt's Hadia Hosny in the second round.
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