Australian Open Badminton: HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth & PV Sindhu to play singles quarterfinal matches in Sydney
In Badminton, India’s HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, and PV Sindhu will be seen in action in the singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open in Sydney today, August 4. In Men’s Singles, HS Pranoy will take on world number two and top seed Anthony Sinisuka Ginting for a spot in the semi-final.
In pre-quarterfinals, sixth seed Prannoy clinched a win against Chinese Taipei’s world number 42 player Chi Yu Jen, 19-21, 21-19, 21-13 while Ginting of Indonesia knocked out India’s Kiran George 21-15, 21-18 yesterday.
World number 19 Srikanth will face compatriot Priyanshu Rajawat in the clash of the last eight. Former world number one Srikanth overpowered Chinese Taipei’s Su Li Yang 21-10, 21-17 while Orleans Masters champion Priyanshu defeated Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei 21-8, 13-21, 21-19 in the Round of 16.
In Women’s Singles, Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu will take on World No. 12 Beiwen Zhang of the United States for a place in Semifinal.
Fifth seed Sindhu defeated compatriot Aakarshi Kashyap 21-14, 21-10 in pre-quarterfinals. However, it was the end of the road for Mithun Manjunath, who had stunned former World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in the opening round of Men’s Singles. Manjunath went down fighting against Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia 13-21, 21-12, 19-21 in the Round of 16.
