Badminton World Tour Finals Highlights: HS Prannoy clinched his maiden victory in the BWF World Tour final. The Indian defeated World No.1 hopes to end the campaign on a high. Earlier in the day, Anthony Ginting ended the group stages with three wins as he defeated Loh Kean Yew in straight games, Jonatan Christie advanced to the semifinals with a 21-12, 12-21, 21-17 victory against Chou Tien Chen .In the Women’s singles, Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying and Follow InsideSport.IN for more updates on BWF World Tour Finals
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Day 3 Fixtures
Men’s Singles
- Chou Tien Chen LOST TO Jonatan Christie – 13-21, 21-12, 17-21
- Anthony Ginting BEAT Loh Kean Yew – 21-12, 23-21
- Viktor Axelsen LOST TO HS Prannoy – 14-21, 12-17, 21-18
- Kodai Naraoka BEAT Lu Guangzu – 21-19, 21-15
Women’s Singles
- Akane Yamaguchi BEAT Gregoria Tunjung – 21-15, 13-21, 21-18
- Chen Yu Fei BEAT An Se-young – 21-16, 21-12
- He Bing Jiao BEAT Busanan Ongbamrungphan – 8-21, 22-20, 21-13
- Tai Tzu Ying BEAT Ratchanok Intanon –21-10, 12-21, 7-21
Men’s Doubles
- Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Ardianto LOST TO Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi – 21-10, 17-21, 19-21
- Choi Sol-gyu / Kim Won-ho BEAT Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi – 21-11, 21-19
- Kim Astrup / Anders Rasmussen BEAT Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik – 21-19, 23-21
- Mohammad Ahsan / Hendra Setiawan LOST TO Liu Yuchen / Ou Xuanyi – 13-21, 18-21
Women’s Doubles
- Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan BEAT Apriyani Rahayu / Siti Ramadhanti – 21-16, 21-16
- Zhang Shuxian / Zheng Yu BEAT Pearly Tan / Thinaah Muralitharan – 21-19, 20-22, 21-9
- Jongkolphan Kititharakul / Rawinda Prajongjai BEAT Vivian Hoo / Lim Chiew Sien – 21-10, 21-17
- Jeong Na-eun / Kim Hye-jeong LOST TO Benyapa Aimsaard / Nuntakarn Aimsaard – 15-21, 8-21
Mixed Doubles
- Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jing BEAT Supak Jomkoh / Supissara Paewsampran – 21-17, 22-20
- Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapisree Taerattanachai BEAT Wang Yilyu / Huang Dongping – 23-21, 21-13
- Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong BEAT Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Lai – Walkover
- Rinov Rivaldy / Pitha Mentari BEAT Thom Gicquel / Delphine Delrue – 14-21, 21-17, 24-22
Men’s Singles
Jonatan Christie defeated Chou Tien Chen to advance to the semifinals. The Indonesian started the contest with a 9-1 lead in the first game and continued his dominance as he sealed the first game 21-13. In the second game, however Chou Tien Chen bounced back as he dominated with a 21-12 victory in the second game and took the contest into the deciding game.
The Taiwanese continued with a 5-1 lead, however Christie came back with six straight points on the trot to go up 10-8. From then on, the Indonesian managed to maintain his lead as he won the game 21-17. With that he sealed his second straight victory in the group stage and advanced to the semis.
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Anthony Ginting sealed the top spot in the group with three successive wins. He defeated Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew 21-12, 23-21. Loh Kean Yew won his first match in the tournament but entered the contest after losing against Jonatan Christie. With yet another victory, he has bowed out from the tournament.
In the other group, HS Prannoy sealed a victory against Viktor Axelsen in three games. Despite the win, the Indian failed to advanced to the semis as he faced defeats in his first two group matches. In the other match in the group, Japan;s Kodai Naraoka sealed a straight game victory against China’s Lu Guangzu. With the win, he has advanced to the semifinal in his maiden appearance in the tournament.
Women’s Singles
World No.1 Akane Yamaguchi has advanced to the semifinal as she defeated Gregoria Tunjung. Yamaguchi won the first game 21-15. However like her previous matches, Tunjung fought hard to grab the second set 21-13 and took the match into the deciding set. However Ymaguchi had the last laugh as she sealed the match and advanced to the next stage. In the same group, Chen Yufei sealed the other semifinal spot as she defeated South Korea’s An Se-young in straight games 21-16, 21-12.
Meanwhile, top seed He Bingjio maintained her unbeaten streak as she defeated Busanan Ongbamrungphan in three games. The Chinese looked down and out in the first game as she lost it 8-21. The second game was also a very closely fought one and Bing Jiao held her nerves to win it 22-20.
Tai Tzu Ying and Ratchanok Intanon will be facing each other. Both the players have one win each and the winner of this contest will progress to the next stage.
Men’s Doubles
In the Men’s Doubles, Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Mohammad Ardianto after advancing to the semis already lost their last league game against Malaysia’s Teo/Ong in three games 21-10, 17-21, 19-21. With the victory, the Malaysian pair too has advanced to the next stage.
Other Indonesian duo Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan too lost theur last league game to China’s Ou/Liu duo. The Chinese pair has now finished the group at the top spot as they are unbeaten in the tournament.
Women’s Doubles
In the Women’s Doubles, Thai pair Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai defeated Malaysia’s Hoo-Lim duo. Thailand’s Aimsaard sisters too won the contest on the day against South Korea’s Kim/Jeong duo. China’s Chen-Jia duo won their third successive match as they defeated Indonesia’s Rahayu/Ramadhanti pair.
In mixed doubles, local interest Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai remained unbeaten in the group stage as they beat China’s Huang/Wang in straight games. The other Chinese pair of Huang/Zheng were given a walkover by Malaysia’s Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Lai.
Badminton World Tour Finals Highlights: HS Prannoy defeats World No.1 Viktor Axelsen, Jonatan Christie, Kodai Naraoka, Tai Tzu Ying seal semifinal spots – Watch Highlights
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