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థాయ్​లాండ్​ ఓపెన్: స్టార్ ప్లేయర్లు నిష్క్రమణ

థాయ్​లాండ్​ ఓపెన్​లో భారత్​ ప్రముఖ షట్లర్లు సైనా, శ్రీకాంత్​ రెండో రౌండ్​లో ఓడిపోయారు. సాయిప్రణీత్ మాత్రం క్వార్టర్స్​లోకి ప్రవేశించాడు. ​

థాయ్​లాండ్​ ఓపెన్: స్టార్ ప్లేయర్లు నిష్క్రమణ
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Published : Aug 1, 2019, 9:22 PM IST

థాయ్​లాండ్​ ఓపెన్​లో భారత్​కు గురువారం మిశ్రమ ఫలితాలు ఎదురయ్యాయి. ప్రముఖ బ్యాడ్మింటన్​ క్రీడాకారులు సైనా నెహ్వాల్, కిదాంబి శ్రీకాంత్.. రెండో రౌండ్​లోనే ఓడి టోర్నీ నుంచి నిష్క్రమించారు. మరో ఆటగాడు సాయి ప్రణీత్ మాత్రం క్వార్టర్స్​లోకి అడుగుపెట్టాడు.

ఏడో సీడ్​ సైనా నెహ్వాల్.. జపాన్​కు చెందిన సయాకా తకాషి చేతిలో 21-16, 11-21, 14-21 పాయింట్ల తేడాతో ఓడిపోయింది.

ఐదో సీడ్​ శ్రీకాంత్​.. థాయ్​లాండ్​కు చెందిన కోషిట్​ పెత్​ప్రదాబ్​ చేతిలో 21-11, 16-21, 12-21 పాయింట్ల తేడాతో ఓటమి పాలై ఇంటిముఖం పట్టాడు. ఇతడి బాటలోనే పారుపల్లి కశ్యప్​.. చైనీస్​ తైపీ క్రీడాకారుడు చౌ టైన్​ చెన్​ చేతిలో ఓడిపోయాడు.

గత వారం జపాన్​ ఓపెన్​లో​ సెమీస్​కు చేరిన సాయిప్రణీత్.. ఈ టోర్నీలోనూ అదే ఫామ్​ కొనసాగిస్తూ క్వార్టర్స్​లో అడుగుపెట్టాడు. శుభంకర్​పై 21-18, 21-19 తేడాతో గెలిచాడు.

పురుషుల డబుల్స్​ విభాగంలో సాత్విక్ సాయిరాజ్​-చిరాగ్ శెట్టి జోడి క్వార్టర్స్​లోకి ప్రవేశించింది. మిక్స్​డ్​ డబుల్స్​లో జెర్రీ చోప్రా- సిక్కి రెడ్డి జోడి.. హాంకాంగ్​కు చెందిన టాంగ్​ మన్-సే యింగ్ సూట్​ చేతిలో ఓడారు.

ఇది చదవండి: థాయ్​లాండ్​ ఓపెన్​ నుంచి సైనా ఔట్

థాయ్​లాండ్​ ఓపెన్​లో భారత్​కు గురువారం మిశ్రమ ఫలితాలు ఎదురయ్యాయి. ప్రముఖ బ్యాడ్మింటన్​ క్రీడాకారులు సైనా నెహ్వాల్, కిదాంబి శ్రీకాంత్.. రెండో రౌండ్​లోనే ఓడి టోర్నీ నుంచి నిష్క్రమించారు. మరో ఆటగాడు సాయి ప్రణీత్ మాత్రం క్వార్టర్స్​లోకి అడుగుపెట్టాడు.

ఏడో సీడ్​ సైనా నెహ్వాల్.. జపాన్​కు చెందిన సయాకా తకాషి చేతిలో 21-16, 11-21, 14-21 పాయింట్ల తేడాతో ఓడిపోయింది.

ఐదో సీడ్​ శ్రీకాంత్​.. థాయ్​లాండ్​కు చెందిన కోషిట్​ పెత్​ప్రదాబ్​ చేతిలో 21-11, 16-21, 12-21 పాయింట్ల తేడాతో ఓటమి పాలై ఇంటిముఖం పట్టాడు. ఇతడి బాటలోనే పారుపల్లి కశ్యప్​.. చైనీస్​ తైపీ క్రీడాకారుడు చౌ టైన్​ చెన్​ చేతిలో ఓడిపోయాడు.

గత వారం జపాన్​ ఓపెన్​లో​ సెమీస్​కు చేరిన సాయిప్రణీత్.. ఈ టోర్నీలోనూ అదే ఫామ్​ కొనసాగిస్తూ క్వార్టర్స్​లో అడుగుపెట్టాడు. శుభంకర్​పై 21-18, 21-19 తేడాతో గెలిచాడు.

పురుషుల డబుల్స్​ విభాగంలో సాత్విక్ సాయిరాజ్​-చిరాగ్ శెట్టి జోడి క్వార్టర్స్​లోకి ప్రవేశించింది. మిక్స్​డ్​ డబుల్స్​లో జెర్రీ చోప్రా- సిక్కి రెడ్డి జోడి.. హాంకాంగ్​కు చెందిన టాంగ్​ మన్-సే యింగ్ సూట్​ చేతిలో ఓడారు.

ఇది చదవండి: థాయ్​లాండ్​ ఓపెన్​ నుంచి సైనా ఔట్

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Aden - 1 August 2019
1. Wide of police station that was bombed by explosives in bus and three motorcycles
2. Close-up of police station building showing damage
3. Mid of damaged car
4. Mid of damaged motorcycle, small fire burning, shoe
5. Close-up of motorcycle, fire burning
6. Wide of Deputy Interior Minister Ali Nasser Lakhsha arriving to the police station area
7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Ali Nasser Lakhsha, Deputy Interior Minister:
"This is a horrific terrorist attack targeting the police station and people in the neighbourhood, so far the number of the martyrs and injured people exceeds 35."
8. Wide of people around damaged car
9. Various of blood stains
10. Wide of building in the area with damaged facade
11. Top shot of the scene, weapon in foreground
STORYLINE:
Rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile Thursday at a military parade in the southern port city of Aden and coordinated suicide bombings targeted a police station in another part of the city. The attacks killed at least 51 people and wounded dozens, officials said.
The missile hit in the city's neighborhood of Breiqa where a military parade was underway by forces loyal to the United Arab Emirates, a member of the Saudi-led coalition that has been fighting the Iran-backed Houthi rebels since 2015 in support of Yemen's internationally recognized government.
The missile attack killed at least 40, a health official said.
The parade was taking place at the pro-coalition al-Galaa camp in Aden, said a security official, without giving a breakdown for the casualties. Since the rebels seized the country's capital, Sanaa, in 2014, Aden has served as the temporary seat of the government.
The website of the Houthi rebels, Al-Masirah, quoted spokesman Brig. Gen. Yehia Sarea as saying the rebels had fired a medium-range ballistic missile at the parade, leaving scores of casualties, including military commanders.
The security official told The Associated Press that UAE-backed commander Monier al Yafie, also known by his nickname Aboul Yamama, was among those killed. He was delivering a speech during the parade, the official said.
A short while earlier, a car, a bus and three motorcycles laden with explosives targeted a police station in the city's Omar al-Mokhtar neighborhood during a morning police roll-call, said Abdel Dayem Ahmed, a senior police official.
Four suicide bombers were involved in the attack, which killed 11 and wounded at least 29, Ahmed told the AP.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the police station bombings but both Yemen's al-Qaida branch and an Islamic State group affiliate have exploited the chaos of the country's war between the Houthis and the government forces, backed by the Saudi-led coalition.
A Yemeni health official said that along with the 51 killed, as many as 56 were wounded in Thursday's attacks. Both the security and health official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to reporters.
Charred remains of the attackers' vehicles were seen at the scene of the police station attack, next to a meter-deep crater caused by the bombings. Doctors Without Borders tweeted that dozens of wounded were transferred to the aid group's surgical hospital in Aden, where families of the victims had gathered.
Zakarya Ahmed, a senior police officer who was inside the three-story station when the bombings took place, described the attack as "a disaster."
"I felt myself flying in the air and falling down, hitting the floor," Ahmed said. "When I got up on my feet, I saw bodies burning, others torn into pieces."
Thursday's attacks were the deadliest in Aden since November 2017, when the IS affiliate in Yemen targeted the city's security headquarters, leaving 15 dead, mostly policemen.
Deputy Interior Minister Ali Nasser Lakhsha told reporters as he inspected the site of the bombed-out police station that it was unclear who was behind the assault.
"This is a horrific terrorist attack targeting our police," the minister said.
The attackers' motorcycles were still burning as blood pooled on the staircase of the police station and the street outside was littered with shattered glass and debris from blown-out doors and windows.
The conflict in Yemen began with the 2014 takeover of Sanaa by the Houthis, who drove out the internationally recognized government. Months later, in March 2015, a Saudi-led coalition launched its air campaign to prevent the rebels from overrunning the country's south.
In the relentless campaign, Saudi-led airstrikes have hit schools, hospitals and wedding parties and killed thousands of Yemeni civilians. The Houthis have used drones and missiles to attack Saudi Arabia and have also targeted vessels in the Red Sea.
Thursday's attacks in Aden came just weeks after the UAE began withdrawing thousands of its troops from Yemen, leaving behind what it says are some 90,000 trained local forces. The UAE also has high level commanders and forces in Yemen, but has pulled back 50-75% of its forces, insiders have said.
The UAE pullout came against the backdrop of escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf amid a crisis between Washington and Tehran following the U.S. pullout last year from the nuclear deal with Iran.
For its part, Iran has repeatedly denied supplying the Houthis with drone or ballistic missile technology, both of which the rebels have increasingly used, including to target neighboring Saudi Arabia. The kingdom has claimed that Iran supplied the missiles or at least helped the Houthis manufacture them from parts that were in Yemen before the war.
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