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Indian shuttlers Priyanshu Rajawat and Aakarshi Kashyap bowed out of the ongoing Hong Kong Open after registering losses in their respective matches on Wednesday.
In the first round match, Priyanshu went down to Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama in the men's singles match. The Indian lost a one-sided match by 21-13, 21-14. In her first round women's singles match. Aakarshi lost to Yvonne Li by 21-18, 21-10. Commonwealth Games bronze medallistsGayatri GopichandandTreesa Jollyprogressed to the Round of 16 in the womens doubles event of theHong Kong Open2023 in Kowloon on Tuesday. Competing on the badminton courts of the Hong Kong Coliseum, Gopichand and Jolly got the better of Debora Jille and Cheryl Seinen 21-15, 16-21, 21-16 in a match that lasted for 54 minutes. TheIndian badminton players were in a spot of bother at the start of the match, trailing 4-7 after initial exchanges. However, Gopichand and Jolly dragged things back to level the scores at 8-8 and saw off the first game to take a 1-0 lead in the match. The second game was a close contest, but theIndian team gave up eight of the final 11 points. In the third game,Gayatri GopichandandTreesa Jollystaged a comeback to take an 11-7 lead into halftime. TheIndians maintained their advantage at the change of ends and advanced to the round of 16. The BWF Super 500 tournament's preliminary round was not reached by any of the fiveIndian men's singles badminton players. World No. 39 Kiran George started his qualifying campaign with a 21-15, 21-17 win over world No. 41 Chi Yu Jen of Chinese Taipei. Asian Games-bound Malvika Bansod progressed to the main draw of the womens singles with a 21-14, 11-10 win over Thailands Pitchamon Opatniputh. The tournament started on September 12 and will be concluded by September 17. (ANI)
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