India's star pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have also entered the BWF World Championships 2023 quarterfinals. With this, the pair is just one step away from the medal.
Ranked 77th in the world in women's doubles, Rutuparna and Swetaparna are the fourth highest ranked Indian pair after Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand, Ashwini Bhatt/Shikha Gautam and Ashwini Ponappa/Tanisha Crasto
In the menโs singles,ย HS Prannoyย beat Indonesian world No. 2 and top seed, Anthony Sinisuka Ginting. After that, he set up an all-Indian semi-final clash againstย Priyanshu Rajawat, who progressed at the expense of senior compatriot Kidambi Srikanth.
HS Prannoy, Indiaโs highest-ranked singles shuttler at world No. 9, fended off a challenge from world No. 15 Lee Cheuk Yiu from Hong Kong 21-18, 16-21, 21-15 to enter quarters.
in the other men's singles event, HS Prannoy, Indiaโs highest-ranked singles shuttler at world No. 9, fended off a challenge from world No. 15 Lee Cheuk Yiu from Hong Kong to win 21-18, 16-21, 21-15.
World Championship 2021 bronze medalist and world No. 13 Lakshya lost to world No. 9 Christie 15-21 21-13 16-21. The match lasted one hour and six minutes.
The 21-year-old Commonwealth Games champion from Almora, Lakshya Sen will face either fifth seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia or third seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.
Lakshya Senโs pre-quarterfinal opponent will be Japanโs Kanta Tsuneyama, who upset Indonesian world No. 2 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the opening round.
The Indian pair won the match 21-15, 24-22 by defeating Republic of Chinaโs Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang to enter their third final of the year. This was satwik-Chiragโs first-ever win over the Chinese duo in three meetings.
While Sindhu and Srikanth will look to end their title drought this season, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy will be eyeing their second title of the season.
Sen will face China'sLi Shi Feng in the US Open Badminton semi-finals. Interestingly, the two shuttlers met in the Canada Open final last week, where Lakshya Sen emerged as the winner. Head-to-head, the Indian holds a 5-3 record over Li Shi Feng.
Third seed Sen will take on 19-year-old S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian of Chennai. He also made the menโs singles quarters at the US Open badminton BWF Super 300 tournament.