Day 2 of Japan Open Super Series was a mixed one for India as 6 moved to next round and 5 were knocked out. Saina, Srikanth, Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma won singles as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Ashwini Ponnappa were the only doubles team to win today. Pranaav and Sikki are already in Round 2. After winning four matches yesterday, Satwik (and Ashwini Ponnappa) played two matches today. They won Mixed Doubles but lost other doubles matches pitted against third seeds. Check today’s results and tomorrow’s schedule for Indians who seek first finalist in Japan Open Super Series.
Winners Advancing to Round 2
-
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Ashwini Ponnappa def Indonesian Pair 21-17 21-13 in 35 minutes
8th Srikanth Kidambi def Houwei (China) 21-15 12-21 21-11 in 1 hour 4 minutes
HS Prannoy def Anders Antonsen (Denmark) 21-12 21-14 in 37 minutes
Sameer Verma def Khosit (Thailand) 21-12 21-19 in 40 minutes
Saina def Pornpawee (Thailand) 21-17 21-9
4th seed Sindhu def Minatsu Mitani (Japan) 12-21 21-15 21-17 in 64 mnts
Lost in Round 1
-
Sourabh Verma lost 11-21 21-15 21-13 to 7th seed Lin Dan in 50 mnts
Sai Praneeth lost 21-23 21-17 21-14 to Dong Keun (Korea) in 1 hour 25 minutes
Manu Attri / Sumeeth Reddy lost 21-18 21-15 to 8th seed Chinese Taipei pair in 31 minutes
Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy lost 17-21 12-21 to 3rd seed Korean pair
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty lost 27-25 21-15 vs 3rd seed Indonesian
Round 2 Schedule for Thursday
-
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Ashwini Ponnappa vs 4th seed Indonesian pair
Pranaav Jerry Chopra / Sikki Reddy vs Qualifier from Japan
8th Srikanth Kidambi vs Yun Hu (Hong Kong)
HS Prannoy vs Jen Hao (Chinese Taipei)
Sameer Verma vs 2nd seed Yuqi Shi (China)
Saina vs 5t seed Carolina Marin (Spain)
Sindhu vs Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)
Leave a Reply