Indian Open badminton | Prannoy battles to maiden semifinals
The HinduBacked by a vociferous crowd, H. S. Prannoy navigated past a testing phase in the decider against a speedy Wang Tzu Wei for a place in his maiden quarterfinals of the India Open badminton in New Delhi on January 19. I expected a tough match and I’m happy to come through.” The results : Men singles: 8-H. S. Prannoy bt Wang Tzu Wei 21-11, 17-21,21-18; 6-Shi Yuqi Chn) bt Koki Watanabe 23-21, 21-13; Lee Chuek Yiu bt Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21-17,18-21,21-13; 2-Kodai Naraoka bt Lee Zii Jia 13-21, 21-9, 21-16. Men doubles: 4-Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik bt 8-Liu Yu Chen/Ou Xuan Yi 21-19, 21-19; 3-Kang-Min-Hyuk/Seo Seung Jae bt 6-Fajar Alfian/Muhammad Rian Ardianto 21-14, 21-18 ; 7-Takuro Hoki/Yugo Kobayashi bt Supak Jomkoh/Kittinupong Kedren 21-8, 21-10. Women singles: Yeo Jia Min bt 1-An Se Young 21-19, 3-0 ; 4-Tai Tzu Ying bt He Bingjiao 21-12, 21-12; Wang Zhi Yi bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan 22-20, 21-8; 2-Chen Yufie bt Nozomi Okuhara 21-9, 21-13.