Indian campaign at the Taipei Open badminton tournament ended after Parupalli Kashyap and the two doubles pairs suffered narrow defeats in the quarter-finals of the singles and doubles category respectively on Friday.
Indian campaign at the Taipei Open badminton tournament ended after Parupalli Kashyap and the two doubles pairs suffered narrow defeats in the quarter-finals of the singles and doubles category respectively on Friday. Third seed, Kashyap went down fighting to Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia with a 12-21, 21-12, 17-21 scorleied in the last-8 match that lasted 55 minutes at the Taipei Heping Basketball Gymnasium in Taipei, Taiwan. After losing the first game, Kashyap got his scts together to take the second game. The third game was a rather closely contested affair, but the Malaysian kept his composure and closed the game in his favour.
Tanisha also had a disappointing day as she suffered defeats in both the mixed and women’s doubles competition. Tanisha and Ishaan Bhatnagar, seeded sixth, lost 19-21, 12-21 to Malaysia’s Hoo Pang Ron and Tog Ee Wei in the mixed doubles match that lasted 32 minutes. Meanwhile Tanish and Shruti Mishra played a thrilling game against Hong Kong’s sixth seed Ng Tsz Yau and Tsang hiu Yan before going down with a scoreline of 16-21, 22-20, 18-21 in just over an hour in the women’s doubles last-8 match.
The 2022 Taipei Open will commence on July 19 and end on July 24.
Chou Tien Chen beat Chen Chi Ting 21-13, 2-2 (retired)
Soong Joo Ven beat Parupalli Kashyap 21-12, 12-21, 21-17
Kodai Naraoka beat Khosit Phetpradab 15-21, 21-14, 21-14
Lin Chun-Yi beat Wang Tzu Wei 21-13, 19-21, 21-10
Chou Tien Chen vs Soong Joo Ven
Kodai Naraoka vs Lin Chun-Yi
Tai Tzu Ying beat Pai Yu Po 21-13, 21-14
Wen Chi Hsu beat Lauren Lam 21-13, 21-10
Natsuki Nidaira beat Supanida Katethong 21-11, 6-21, 21-18
Saena Kawakami beat Goh Jin Wei 21-9, 12-21, 21-16
Tai Tzu Ying vs Wen Chi Hsu
Natsuki Nidaira vs Saena Kawakami
NG Tsz Yau/ Tsang Hiu Yan beat Tanisha Crasto/ Shruti Mishra 21-16, 20-22, 21-18
Hoo Pang Ron/ Toh Ee Wei beat Ishaan Bhatnagar/ Tanisha Crasto 21-19, 21-12
Badminton fans in India can watch live action on Voot Select and also at BWF official Youtube channel BWF TV.