India Open: H S Prannoy and Priyanshu Rajawat lost despite a fighting performance but former national champion Anupama Upadhyay reached the second round of the India Open Super 750 badminton tournament.
Priyanshu was defeated by world number seven Kodai Naraoka of Japan 21-16, 20-22, 21-13. Whereas Prannoy was defeated by Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei 16-21, 21-18, 21-12. In the women’s category, Anupama defeated compatriot Rakshita Shri by 21. 17, 21. Defeated by 18. Both the trainees of Gopichand Academy are close friends outside the court.
The pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated Kavya Gupta and Radhika Sharma by 21. 11, 21. Entered the second round after defeating 12. Whereas Rutuparna and Swetaparna Panda defeated P Amvarisrisakul and Sarisa Janpeng of Thailand by 7. 21, 21. 19, 21. Made it to the second round by defeating 14. In the morning, Akarshi Kashyap was married to Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand on 21. 17, 21. Defeated by 13.
Malvika Bansod was defeated by world number four Han Yui of China by 21. 16, 21. Defeated by 11. World number one player and Olympic champion An Si Young of Korea defeated Chiu Pin Chien of Chinese Taipei by 22. 20, 21. Defeated by 15.
