Malaysia Open Badminton Highlights: India’s HS Prannoy booked a spot in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open 2023. The World No.8 clinched a 21-9, 15-21, 21-16 victory against Indonesia’s Chico Dwi Wordoyo. India’s star Men’s Doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy and Chirag Shetty have also made their way into the quarterfinals. Meanwhile Women’s Doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gyatri Gopichand bowed out from the tournament after losing in straight games against Stoeva Sisters. . Follow Malaysia Open 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
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Malaysia Open Badminton
India’s Day 3 Fixtures
Men’s Singles
HS Prannoy BEAT Dwi Wardoyo – 21-9, 15-21, 21-16
Men’s Doubles
Satwik/Chirag BEAT Fikri/Maulana – 21-19, 22-20
Women’s Doubles
Jolly/Gopichand LOST TO Stoeva/Stoeva – 13-21, 21-15, 17-21
HS Prannoy vs Dwi Wardoyo
Star Indian shuttler HS Prannoy dished out another splendid show to progress to the men’s singles quarter-finals with a thrilling win over Indonesia’s Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo in the Malaysia Open Super 750 tournament on Thursday.
The world No. 8 Indian looked in fine fettle as he staved off the spirited challenge from world No. 19 Chico 21-9, 15-21, 21-16 in an hour and four minutes. The 30-year-old from Kerala will take on either Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong or Japan’s Kodai Naraoka next.
Prannoy made a good start, showing better control and his attack also earned him dividends as he led 7-5 before grabbing an 11-5 cushion at the interval. Chico couldn’t make a comeback as Prannoy ran away with the opening game.
After the change of ends, Chico showed better control as he eked out a 6-2 lead. The Indonesian seemed to attack more and soon moved to an 11-5 lead at the interval. Prannoy made errors in his finishing as Chico won the game and took the contest into the decider.
In the decider, Prannoy was all fired up as he started with 5-2 lead. Chico played some lovely shots but he was inconsistent during the rallies as Prannoy established his five-point advantage at 17-12. A razor sharp straight jump smash followed by another shot at the backline gave Prannoy six match points.The Indonesian saved two before sending one into the net as Prannoy celebrated.
Satwik/Chirag vs Fikri/Maulana
World No. 5 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded seventh, also entered the men’s doubles quarter-finals after beating Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia 21-19, 22-20 in 49 minutes.
Jolly/Gopichand vs Stoeva/Stoeva
Earlier, Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought hard before going down 13-21, 21-15, 17-21 to Bulgaria’s Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the women’s doubles pre-quarterfinals.
Treesa and Gayatri, ranked 16th in the world, went down narrowly to the world No. 14 Stoeva sisters in a match that clocked an hour and nine minutes.
Treesa and Gayatri will meet the French duo of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran in their next tournament at India Open Super 750 next week
Malaysia Open Badminton Highlights: HS Prannoy and Men’s Doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advance to quarterfinal of Malaysia Open 2023: Watch Highlights
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