Jun Hao upsets Li in Indian Open; SIndhu, George hurdle openers
Leong Jun Hao upsets Li Shi Feng on Tuesday at the Indian Open even as PV Sindhu and Kiran George hurdled their opening matches.
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JUN HAO UPSETS LI TO ERASE PAST FIRST ROUND FAILURES
Jun Hao upsets Li, 18-21, 21-17, 21-17, to erase past first round failures and progress in New Delhi.
Furthermore, the Malaysian shuttler survived an opening set loss to stun the Chinese world No.6 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
Moreover, Jun Hao snapped his own four-match losing streak against Li.
The Malaysian last faced the Chinese shuttler at the Kumamoto Masters Super 500 in November.
At the time, Jun Hao 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 HURDLE OPENERS BEFORE APPRECIATIVE HOME CROWD
Moreover, Sindhu and George hurdled their opening round matches.
Furthermore, Sindhu pulled off a 21-14, 22-20 win over world No.24 Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei.
The two-time Olympic medallist posted her straights sets victory in 51 minutes.
“I am happy to have won the match in straight games,” she said.
Meanwhile, George needed three sets to outlast Yushi Tanaka of Japan, 21-19, 14-21, 27-25.
INDIA’S ‘SATCHI, MIXED PAIR ADVANCE; JOLLY, GOPICHAND OUSTED
Furthermore, India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also advanced.
They pulled off 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 put away the world No.14 duo.
Meanwhile, No.5 seed Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand were ousted after absorbing 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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