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The Hindu
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Hindu
Satwik-Chirag through to Singapore Open 2025 quarterfinals; Prannoy, Sindhu, Treesa-Gayatri exit in Round of 16
India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open 2025, a BWF World Tour Super 750 event, on Thursday. The pair came from a game down to defeat Indonesia's Sabar Karyaman Gutama and Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 19-21, 21-16, 21-18 in a one-hour, 14-minute battle. In men's singles, H.S. Prannoy fell in straight games to France's Christo Popov, losing 16-21, 14-21 in a 42-minute match. P.V. Sindhu was unable to overcome China's Chen Yu Fei, losing her round-of-16 match 9-21, 21-18, 16-21. The women's doubles team of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand stumbled in their pre-quarterfinal match, falling to China's Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian in straight games, 8-21, 10-21. In mixed doubles, India's Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde were knocked out by Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet, 10-21, 16-21. Further results for Indian players will be updated as the tournament progresses.
New Indian Express
6 days ago
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Happy return for SatChi, injury woes for Lakshya
CHENNAI: It was a mixed day for India in the ongoing Singapore Open tournament. The doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made a winning return while singles specialist Lakshya Sen was forced to retire mid-match due to lower back pain on Wednesday. Later, the women's doubles combination of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also won their tie to advance to the second round. From India's perspective, there was much interest on Satwik and Chirag at the BWF World Tour Super 750 event as they had been out of action for a little over two months due to injury. But it was Lakshya who entered the court first (Court 1) for his men's singles tie against Lin Chun-Yi of Chinese Taipei. Having pocketed the first game, Lakshya had made an ideal start. But he couldn't sustain the momentum and conceded the second game before injury troubles hit him. The score read 21-15, 17-21, 5-13 when Lakshya retired. "Lakshya had to retire from his Singapore Open match due to lower back pain and spasm, which he had been experiencing since last Saturday during practice. Despite trying his best, he wasn't fully fit. The pain worsened during the match, and to prevent further injury, he pulled out of the third set. Our team will now focus on his recovery for upcoming tournaments," Lakshya's father and coach DK Sen told this daily in a statement. Soon after that, it was Satwik and Chirag's turn to take the court. Returning to action for the first time since the All England Championship, the men's doubles duo eased past Malaysian duo of Choong Hon Jian and Muhammad Haikal 21-16, 21-13.
