PV Sindhu's challenge in the ongoing Indonesia Open has ended as she lost to Tai Tzu Ying in the second round. On the other hand, Kidambi won the all Indian duel against Lakshya Sen to make it to quarterfinal.
In the second-round match that lasted 41 minutes, Prannoy recorded his fourth win over Angus and will now face either Denmark's Rasmus Gemke or France's Brice Leverdez.
Third seed Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, lost 21-15 9-21 14-21 to world no 8 and second-seeded Ratchanok in 54 minutes for her third semifinal finish on the trot.
The reigning world champion had to toil hard to get the better of Yujin 14-21, 21-19, 21-14 in the quarterfinal that lasted an hour and six minutes.
Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu hardly broke a sweat to win the second round clash 21-12 21-18 against world No. 26 Germany's Yvonne Li in 37 minutes at the USD 850,000 event.
The reigning world champion hardly broke a sweat to win the second round clash 21-12, 21-18 against the World No.26 in 37 minutes
India's double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu showed great determination to outwit her opponent in the women's singles opening round, while B Sai Praneeth and Kidmabi Srikanth also advanced to the men's singles second round of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 event.
21-year-old Laskhya lost 21-23, 15-21 to the two-time world champion Kento Momota in 53 minutes after gruelling battle in the first game.
Despite the loss, it was season's best performance for the world number five Indian, who had reached the semifinals at Singapore and India Open earlier.
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Indian shuttler PV Sindhu reached her first final of 2019, as she cruised past Chen Yufei in straight games.
It was Sindhu's third win over the world no. 13 Dane this year. The Indian had earlier defeated Blichfeldt in straight games in the Indian Open and the Singapore Open.
The Indian shuttlers registered victories in their first round-ties at the BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournament.
World No. 3 Sindhu lost 14-21, 15-21 to Chinese world No. 7 He Bingjiao in 37 minutes and it was her sixth loss to the left-handed Chinese shuttler in 11 meetings.
Nehwal slumped to an 18-21, 15-21 straight set defeat to her Chinese opponent Chen Yufei in the second round of the Indonesia Open.
PV Sindhu didn't break much sweat as she defeated Japan's Aya Ohori 21-17, 21-14 in a 36-minute women's singles match.
Srikanth's campaign ended with a narrow opening-round loss but Olympic silver medallist Sindhu eked out a thrilling win to progress to the women's singles pre-quarterfinals.
World No. 13 Prannoy started off well against eighth-ranked Lin Dan, winning the first game 21-15.
"Gopi Sir is my inspiration and it is because of him I took the sport," says the 24-year old.
After winning the Indonesia Open Super Series and the Australian Open Super Series titles - Indian shuttler K Srikanth is all set to regain his place in the World top 10.
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