Calgary: Defending champions Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy reached the men’s doubles quarterfinals but it was curtains for men’s second seed HS Prannoy in men’s singles at the Canada Open Grand Prix badminton tournament, here Thursday.
Third seeds Manu and Sumeeth defeated Korean combo of Choi Solgyu and Jae Hwan Kim 21-17, 17-21, 21-13 in 45 minutes to set up a clash against another Korean pair of Kim Won Ho and Seung Jae Seo.
Second seeds Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy too advanced to the quarters in mixed doubles with a 21-11, 21-17 win over the Netherlands pair of Robin Tabeling and Cheryl Seinen. The Syed Modi International champions will next face Korea’s Kim Won Ho and Shin Seung Chan. However, the other mixed doubles combo of Tarun Kona and Meghana Jakkampudi lost 9-21, 8-21 to the Japanese duo of Kohei Gondo and Wakana Nagahara.
In men’s singles, Prannoy along with two other Indians suffered defeats to crash out of the tournament.
Prannoy squandered an opening game advantage to go down 21-17, 14-21, 13-21 to ninth seed Jeon Hyeok Jin of Korea. He seemed to have completely lost control of the shuttle and committed a number of unforced errors to lose the second and third games.
In other men’s singles matches, Karan Rajan Rajarajan lost 18-21, 14-21 to Japan’s Koki Watanabe while fifth seed Pablo Abian of Spain ended the campaign of India’s Abhishek Yelegar 21-15, 21-23, 21-14 in another contest. Watanabe had earlier beaten Parupalli Kashyap in the second round.
In women’s singles, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde’s gallant fight ended with a 13-21, 21-17, 19-21 loss to second seed Aya Ohori of Japan.
Press Trust of India
