Indian shuttler B. Sai Praneeth reached the quarter-finals of Super 300 tournament after defeating South Korea’s Jeon Jyeokjin 24-22, 7-21, 22-20 in an hour and 18 minutes on Thursday.
Indian shuttler B. Sai Praneeth reached the quarter-finals of Thailand Masters Badminton championship after defeating South Korea’s Jeon Jyeokjin on Thursday. The former BWF World Championship bronze medalist beat Jeon 24-22, 7-21, 22-20 in an hour and 18 minutes. The 30 year-old will face China’s Li Shi Feng in the last -8 stage of the Super 300 tournament on Friday. Meanwhile, Kiran George went down 22-20, 15-21, 20-22 to Hong Kong’s Lee Cheukyiu in his men’s singles last-16 fixture. In the women’s single category, Ashmita Chaliha started off brightly by taking the first game but then lost the next two against Denmark’s Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt in the second round clash. The match went down the wire as both shuttlers gave their absolute best in a marathon deciding game, but eventually the Dane prevailed 21-19, 13-21, 27-29.
🇮🇳 @saiprneeth92 enters quarterfinals! 🔥#ThailandMasters2023#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/eBHbbMNqZX
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) February 3, 2023
The mixed doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnager and Tanisha Castro suffered a straight-game 21-9, 21-16 defeat to Indonesia’s Akbar Bintang Cahyono-Marsheilla Gischa Islami in their second round clash. Ishaan pairing with Sai Pratheek, in the mens’ doubles round of 16 clash lost 14-21, 21-18, 24-26 against the Thai duo of Tanadon Punpanich and Wachirawit Sothon. N Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor lost their mixed doubles last-16 match. They went down 11-21, 10-21 to Chinese sixth seeds Huang Dongping and Feng Yanzhe.
Fixture | Time (IST) |
Lin Chun-Yi vs Kenta Nishimota | 12:20 pm |
Lee Cheuk Yiu vs Shi Yu Qi | 11:40 am |
Ng Tze Yong vs Ng Ka Long Angus | 12:10 pm |
Li Shi Feng vs Sai Praneeth | 12:50 pm |
Fixture | Time (IST) |
Sim Yu Jin vs Supanida Katethong | 11:50 am |
Pai Yu Po vs Zhang Yi Man | 12:00 pm |
Line Kjaersfeldt vs Han Yue | 1:00 pm |
Kim Ga Eun vs Wen Chi Hsu | 12:40 pm |
Fixture | Time (IST) |
Su Ching Heng/ Ye Hong Wei vs P. Kusumawardana/ Yeremia Rambitan | 1:00 pm |
Muhammad Fikri/ Bagas Maulana vs Muhammad Fadillah/ Rahmat Hidayat | 12:30 pm |
Tanadon Punpanich/ Wachirawit Sothon vs Leo Rolly Carnando/ Daniel Marthin | 1:10 pm |
Supak Jomkoh/ Kittinupong Kedren vs Chiu Hsiang Chieh/ Yang Ming-Tse | 1:50 pm |
Fixture | Time (IST) |
Baek Ha Na/ Lee So Hee vs Lanny Tria Mayasari/ Ribka Sugiarto | 1:20 pm |
Li Yi Jing/ Luo Xu Min vs Li Wen Mei/ Liu Xuan | 12:40 pm |
Lee Yu Lim/ Shin Seung Chan vs Tan Ning/ Xia Yu Ting | 1:20 pm |
Rui Hirokami/ Yuna Kato vs B. Aimsaard/ N. Aimsaard | 1:30 pm |
Fixture | Time (IST) |
Amri Syahnawi/ Winny Kandow vs Seo Seung Jae/ Chae Yu Jung | 12:20 pm |
Kim Won Ho/ Jeong Na Eun vs Z. J. Sumanti/ H. Julimarbela | 12:00 pm |
Feng Yan Zhe/ Huang Dong Ping vs D. Ferdinansyah/ Gloria Widjaja | 11:30 am |
Akbar Cahyono/ M Islami vs Hiroki Midorikawa/ Natsu Saito | 11:40 am |
The 2023 Thailand Masters Badminton Championship will commence on February 01 and end on February 5.
The matches can be watched live on BWF’s official Youtube channel BWFTV.