India Sets Sight on Indonesia Open After Failed Masters Challenge in Jakarta
News 18India is out of the Indonesian Masters badminton championships being held in Jakarta. Shrikant Kidambi and Prannoy and our top men’s doubles combination of Saisatwik Rankareddy and Chirag Shetty had withdrawn from the BWF 500 event where most of the top world players were playing. Ratchanok playing her 14th match against Sindhu easily made it 9-5 head to head and also won her fifth consecutive victory against the hapless Indian. In women’s doubles, Ashwini Ponappa and Sikki Reddy could not make magic on the court and were hustled out 21-18/21-9 by Pushpita Sari/ Rachel Rose of Indonesia in the first round. Against Chou Tien Chen, the Indian started off brilliantly snatching the first game 21-16, but thereafter he fell into a rash of errors and lost control over the proceedings as he crashed out 12-21/14-21 in 54 minutes One hopes that in the Indonesian Open next week, our players come up with a better display and that PV Sindhu brings back the old glory which won her two Olympic medals and the world championship title.