2024-05-31 00:36:00
Singapore: The world primary males’s pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty confronted disappointment within the opening spherical of the Singapore Open badminton. The Indian pair suffered an surprising defeat towards Denmark’s Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Westergaard. Satwik and Chirag, one of many robust contenders to win the gold medal on the Paris Olympics, received the Thailand Open Tremendous 500 title earlier this month.
Nonetheless, the Indian pair misplaced 20-22 18-21 in a 47-minute contest towards the world quantity 34 pair. Other than this pair, different Indian gamers additionally confronted disappointment within the first spherical of this Tremendous 750 stage match. Aakarshi Kashyap and Priyanshu Rajawat additionally didn’t cross the primary spherical hurdle of their respective classes.
Ladies’s singles additionally had a nasty begin
Aakarshi, ranked forty first within the ladies’s singles rankings, misplaced to Pornpicha Choekewong of Thailand 7-21, 15-21, whereas Rajawat, ranked forty second within the males’s singles, misplaced to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu 21-23, 19-21 in an in depth match.
The ladies’s doubles pair of Rituparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda additionally misplaced to Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun of Chinese language Taipei 12-21, 21-12, 13-21. Asith Surya and Amrita Pramathesh additionally misplaced to Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Ng Tz Yau of Hong Kong 8-21, 17-21 in blended doubles. Prime Indian shuttlers like PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will start their marketing campaign on Wednesday.