At the Korea Super Series badminton tournament today, Parupalli Kashyap, Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma will play their second round matches in the men's singles. World Silver medalist Sindhu will face Nitachaon Jindapol of Thailand in the second round. In the Men's Double, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will also play their the second round today. Earlier on Wednesday, India's PV Sindhu defeated Hong' Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi 21-13, 21-8 in Women's singles. In Men's singles, Kashyap defeated Chinese Taipei's Hsu Jen Hao 21-13, 21-16 and Praneeth beat Hu Yun of Hong Kong 21-15, 21-10. While another team mate Sameer Verma defeated Tanonsak S. Suk 21-13, 21-23, 21-9. In Men's Double, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Lee Sheng Mu and Lin Chia Yu 21-9, 22-24, 21-12 to advance to next round.In mixed doubles, the Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Hong Kong's Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet 18-21, 19-21.
News On AIR | September 14, 2017 7:25 AM
Korea Super Series: Kashyap, Praneeth, Sameer to play 2nd round matches in men's singles