Jun Hao stuns Asian Games champ in Indian Open; Sindhu wins
Leong Jun Hao stuns Li Shi Feng on Tuesday at the Indian Open even as PV Sindhu and Kiran George won their opening matches.
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JUN HAO STUNS LI TO BOUNCE BACK FROM PAST FIRST ROUND FAILURES
Jun Hao stuns Asian Games champion Li, 18-21, 21-17, 21-17, to bounce back from his past first round failures.
Furthermore, the Malaysian shuttler outplayed the Chinese world No.6 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
Moreover, Jun Hao finally stopped his own four-match losing streak against Li.
The Malaysian last faced the Chinese shuttler at the Kumamoto Masters Super 500 in November, when he absorbed a straights sets loss.
“I played against him (Li) four times and I never won before. I’m happy to iwn today,” Jun Hao said.
“In the second and third, I tried to be more patient and execute what I planned to do and it worked very well today,” he added.
SINDHU, GEORGE IMPRESS HOME CROWD WITH OPENING ROUND VICTORIES
Moreover, Sindhu and George impressed the home crowd.
Furthermore, Sindhu brought down world No.24 Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei, 21-14, 22-20
The two-time Olympic medallist trailed, 17-19 in the initial set.
But she got her groove back to post the straights sets victory in 51 minutes.
“After a long break, it’s always difficult to find the rhythm, but I am happy to have won the match in straight games,” she said.
Meanwhile, George was dragged to three before winning over Yushi Tanaka of Japan, 21-19, 14-21, 27-25.
INDIA’S ‘SATCHI,’ MIXED PAIR ADVANCE; JOLLY, GOPICHAND ELIMINATED
Furthermore, India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced with a 23-21, 19-21, 21-16 triumph over Malaysia’s Man wei Kong and Tee Kai Won in men’s doubles action.
Moreover, the duo also known as “SatChi” needed one hour and 16 minutes to oust the world No.14 duo.
Meanwhile, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand were ousted.
The No.5 seeds absorbed a 21-23, 19-21 loss to Japan’s Arisa Higashino and Ayako Sakuramoto in a women’s doubles match.
Indian mixed doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila completed an 8-21, 21-19, 21-17 victory over Chen Cheng Kuan and Hsu Yin Hui of Chinese Taipei.
Another mixed doubles match saw Terry Hee and Jin Yujia of Singapore beating home pair Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Gadde, 17-21, 21-18, 21-15.
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