Bali: Indian PV Sindhu Prowtler, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy registered a similar coming-from-back victory in their respective events to advance to the quarter-finals of the Badminton Masters Super 750 Indonesia tournament on Thursday.
The spotlight of the day was the stunning prannoy of 14-21 21-19 21-16 the luxury of victory over the Tokyo Victor Axelsen Olympic gold medalist in one hour 11 minutes of battle in the second round of the second round.
Down and out in the first match, Prannoy made a sensational recovery to raise the first level and then disrupted an unforgettable victory against the world No.
2.
This was Prannoy’s first victory in six attempts against Axelsen.
With a victory, the world No.
32 Shuttler India became the first player to beat Dane in a full match since March.
In Single Women, Reining Wold Champion Sindhu, the third seeded, took 47 minutes to record 17-21 21-7 21-12 victory over Clara Azurmendi Spain.
Playing against the world No.
47 Azurmendi for the first time, Sindhu dropped in the first match before installing dominant performance in the next two matches to register a brilliant victory.
Twice Olympic Medal will now lock the horn with the world No.
30 Shuttler Turki Unslihan NESLIO YIGIT in the quarter-finals.
Sindhu has a 3-0 head-to-head record against Turkey.
On the other hand, the former world number 1 Srikanth, sent the sixth seed of Indonesia Jonatan Christie 13-21 21-18 21-15 in one hour and two minutes in the men’s second round match.
The Unseded Srikanth, who has claimed the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier in 2017 in Jakarta, will take prannoy in the quarter-finals.
However, it was curtains for the Lakshya Sen Lakshya Sen event, and a mixed double pair Dhruv Kapila and N Sikki Reddy.
Lakshya is 20 years old, who has reached the semi-finals at Hylo Open Super 500 and the Dutch Open final recently, fell 13-21 19-21 to the top seed and two-time world champion Kento Momota in Japan clashes 46 minutes.
Kapila and Sikki, on the other hand, lost a loud battle 15-21 23-21 18-21 battles to Duo Thai Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran in the second mixed double match.
A pair of women of Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy also fell from the event in the second round of the second round of Jongkolphan Kitithakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 18-21 12-21.