Kiran George joined the record of Indian kids who’re inflicting main upsets in high tournaments. George, who made the grade by way of qualifiers, shocked third seed and former All England champion Shi Yu Qi of China in straight video games 21-18, 22-20 on the Thailand Open BWF Tremendous-500 occasion in Bangkok on Wednesday.
In the meantime, PV Sindhu suffered an sudden reversal in opposition to Michelle Li of Canada 8-21, 21-18, 18-21. The world No.13 Indian, who enjoys a 9-2 win-loss file in opposition to Li, fought again from a 5-12 deficit within the decider earlier than shedding at 18-21.
On a day when lots of his compatriots have been proven the door within the first spherical, George, who trains on the Prakash Padukone Academy, took 47 minutes to oust the previous silver medallist on the World Championships.
The 23-year-old received the Odisha Open and Polish Open final 12 months and is thought to be one of many promising shuttlers who may lead the Indian problem in future.
The Kerala shuttler will face Weng Hong Yang of China within the second spherical. Hong Yang, who misplaced to HS Prannoy within the Malaysia Masters, ousted Kidambi Srikanth 21-8, 16-21, 21-14 within the first spherical.
Although Srikanth managed to take the second recreation, Hong Yang dominated him within the third. He began with a 7-1 lead and was nicely forward of Srikanth all through the decider.
In the meantime, PV Sindhu suffered an sudden reversal in opposition to Michelle Li of Canada 8-21, 21-18, 18-21. The world No.13 Indian, who enjoys a 9-2 win-loss file in opposition to Li, fought again from a 5-12 deficit within the decider earlier than shedding at 18-21.
On a day when lots of his compatriots have been proven the door within the first spherical, George, who trains on the Prakash Padukone Academy, took 47 minutes to oust the previous silver medallist on the World Championships.
The 23-year-old received the Odisha Open and Polish Open final 12 months and is thought to be one of many promising shuttlers who may lead the Indian problem in future.
The Kerala shuttler will face Weng Hong Yang of China within the second spherical. Hong Yang, who misplaced to HS Prannoy within the Malaysia Masters, ousted Kidambi Srikanth 21-8, 16-21, 21-14 within the first spherical.
Although Srikanth managed to take the second recreation, Hong Yang dominated him within the third. He began with a 7-1 lead and was nicely forward of Srikanth all through the decider.
Lakshya Sen battled previous Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese language Taipei 21-23, 21-15, 21-15 within the first spherical. Seasoned campaigner Saina Nehwal, who entered the circuit after a two-month hole, registered a straight recreation victory in opposition to qualifier Wen Yu Zhang of Canada 21-13, 21-7.
Saina will face the winner of the match between He Bing Jiao of China and Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia. Males’s doubles high seeds Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty labored laborious for about an hour to beat Rasmus Kjaer and Frederik Sogaard of Denmark 21-13, 18-21, 21-17.
