Sindhu, Srikanth advance to Korean Open semifinals; Satwik-Chirag lose
PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the semifinals of the Korea Open up Super 500 badminton event with contrasting wins in Suncheon on Friday.
3rd seed Sindhu notched up her 17th win more than Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan, beating her 21-10 21-16 in the women’s singles quarterfinals. She will next encounter next seeded Korean, An Seyoung, who beat her two times last year.
In a battle between two previous entire world number kinds, it was World Championships silver medallist Srikanth, who utilised his electricity and precision to outwit neighborhood hope Son Wan Ho 21-12 18-21 21-12 in a men’s singles quarterfinal match that lasted just around an hour.
Srikanth experienced a 4-7 record in opposition to the Korean, getting misplaced to him on the very last three events.
However, the Indian performed improved badminton on Friday to arrive up trumps towards an opponent who returned to international badminton following a two-yr hiatus.
Srikanth, seeded fifth, will future face third seed Jonatan Christie of Indonesia, who experienced claimed the Swiss Open up final month.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty unsuccessful to make it to the semifinal soon after heading down battling 20-22 21-18 20-22 to Korean pairing of Kang Minhyuk and Web optimization Seungjae.
In women’s doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy encounter off in opposition to South Korean pair Hye-gained Eom and Bo Ryeong Kim in the quarterfinal later on on Friday.
In women’s singles, Sindhu had no issues in disposing off Busanan, whom she had crushed at the Swiss Open up last final thirty day period. The Thai player direct 5-2 in the opening sport, but just after that it was all Sindhu, as she dominated the rest of the match.
Main 11-7, Sindhu created an 8-position burst to pull absent from Busanan and get the direct in the match.
Factors had been comparable immediately after the improve of sides as Sindhu held an 8-2 lead and stored moving ahead as her Thai opponent crumbled.
In men’s singles, Srikanth showed far better handle as he dominated the limited rallies to transfer to a snug 11-6 direct at the initially interval and even though Son Wan Ho manufactured it 12-14, the Indian before long altered gears to wander away with the initial sport.
The Korean came again strongly in the 2nd game, opening up a 10-7 direct but Srikanth moved forward to 13-11. An notify Son Wan Ho failed to enable the video game slip absent and quickly charged ahead to acquire it to the decider.
Srikanth built an remarkable 4- get started in the decider but unforced errors allowed the Korean to make it 4-6. The Indian transformed the speed with some swift attacking returns and his precision gained him returns. Srikanth managed a 11-7 guide at the interval.
A barrage of attacking pictures kept Srikanth in the hunt as he prolonged his direct to 16-10. A precision return eventually bought him to eight match factors and he sealed it when Son Wan Ho hit the net.
