Malaysia Masters Badminton LIVE: HS Prannoy booked a spot in the semifinals of the Malaysia Masters as he defeated Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama 25-23, 22-20 in straight games. Earlier in the day PV Sindhu yet again failed to surpass the Tai Tzu Ying challenge as the Indian bowed out from the Malaysia Masters after losing 13-21, 21-12, 12-21 against the World No.2 in the quarterfinal. This is Sindhu’s seventh consecutive loss against Tai Tzu Ying. Follow Malaysia Masters 2022 LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
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Singles action in quarterfinals
Men’s Singles
- HS Prannoy beat Kanta Tsuneyama- 25-23, 22-20
Women’s Singles
- PV Sindhu lost to Tai Tzu Ying – 13-21, 21-12, 12-21
HS Prannoy vs Kanta Tsuneyama
HS Prannoy became the only Indian shuttler to enter the semifinals of the Malaysia Masters 2022 as he defeated Kanta Tsuneyama in straight sets in the quarterfinals. With this victory, he has now reached his third semifinal this year.
Tsuneyama took the lead in the early moments of the first game and had a two-point lead. However, the Indian shuttler came back with four straight points, taking the lead with the score at 10-8. Prannoy entered the break with a slender lead. Tsuneyama however gave a tough fight as the score was 19-19. From then on, both the players fought tooth and nail and Prannoy finally won the set 25-23.
At the start of the second game, Prannoy took a 7-5 lead but Tsuneyama took control of proceeding with five straight points and the score was 9-11 in his favour at the halfway mark. The Japanese continued to lead but Prannoy fought back valiantly to take the lead and went on to win the set.
PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu-ying
Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu went all out but couldn’t find a way to get past her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying, suffering yet another defeat in the quarterfinals to bow out of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Friday.
It was Sindhu’s 17th career defeat to the Tokyo Olympics silver medallist, who has prevailed over the Indian in all their last seven meetings. The last time Sindhu had defeated Tzu Ying was en route to her 2019 World Championship gold in Basel.
It was business as usual for Tzu Ying as she rode on her precision and deceptive game to get past a fighting Sindhu, who once again flattered to deceive. Tzu Ying made her intent clear from the start, as after an initial close duel, she managed to pull away from 10-9 to jump to 15-9 and held her fort to take lead in the match.
After the change of ends, Sindhu seemed to find her bearings as she galloped to a 11-4 lead and then kept a firm grip on the rallies to roar back into the contest. The Indian carried her momentum into the decider, leading 7-3 at one stage and for a moment it seemed, perhaps, she has cracked the Tzu Ying code but the second seed once again managed to turn the tables around, grabbing a two-point cushion at the final break.
It was a one-way traffic after the interval as Sindhu’s unforced errors coupled with her rival’s brilliance saw the match tilt completely in favour of Tzu Ying, who zoomed to 19-11. Another rally ended with the shuttle dropping right on the baseline as Tzu Ying held eight match points and converted it when Sindhu went to the net again.
Where to watch Malaysia Masters 2022 badminton live in India? The Malaysia Masters 2022 badminton will be telecasted live on Voot Select from the quarterfinal stage. The first two round matches can be watched at BWF’s official youtube channel BWF TV
Malaysia Masters Badminton LIVE: HS Prannoy eyes spot in semifinal, PV Sindhu faces Tai Tzu-ying in quarterfinals at Malaysia Masters – Follow LIVE updates
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