Orleans (France): Parupalli Kashyap and Mithun Manjunath entered the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of Orleans Masters BWF Tour Super 100 tournament here on Wednesday. Sixth seed Kashyap defeated Italy’s Rosario Maddaloni 21-15, 21-17 to set up a clash against Japan’s Koki Watanabe, while Mithun beat fellow Indian Siddharth Pratap Singh 21-18, 21-16 in another match.
In women’s singles, Mugdha Agrey overcame a stiff resistance from compatriot Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli before prevailing 21-16, 20-22, 21-13 to also enter the last 16.
She will face Sabrina Jaquet of Switzerland, who ended the campaign of India’s Vaidehi Choudhari 21-16, 21-19.
Mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Kuhoo Garg defeated Germany’s Jan Colin Volker and Eva Janssens 21-18, 21-19, while Indo-Malaysian combination of Tarun Kona and Lim Khim Wah beat Algeria’s Mohamed Abderrahime Belarbi and Adel Hamek 21-16, 21-15 to make it to the pre-quarters.
India shuttlers lose to Singapore in Asia mixed team meet: HS Prannoy and men’s doubles pair of MR Arjun and Shlok Ramchandran put up superb performances but couldn’t stop Singapore from pulling off a narrow 3-2 win over India in a Group B tie of the Asia Mixed Team Championships in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
India didn’t have a good start to the five-match tie as mixed doubles pair of MR Arjun and Rutaparna Panda lost 16-21, 13-21 to Singapore’s Danny Bawa Chrisnanta and Tan Wei Han in the opening match. However, Prannoy brought India back in the contest, securing a 21-8, 12-21, 21-17 win over Thailand Masters champion Kean Yew Loh in the men’s singles. Arjun and Shlok the gave India the lead with a 21-16, 21-18 victory over Loh Kean Hean and Chrisnanta. However, Ashmita Chaliha. went down 21-17, 12-21, 16-21to World No. 32 Yeo Jia Min in the women’s singles match.
In the final rubber of the tie, Indian women’s doubles pair of Arathi Sara Sunil and Rutuparna lost to Singapore’s Putri Sari Dewi Citra and Lim Ming Hui 24-22, 15-21-15, 16-21.
With this loss, India are placed at the bottom of Group B, trailing Chinese Taipei and Singapore.
