India's top-ranked pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a defeat in the Malaysia Open 2024 final after leading the opening game by 21-9 against the world no.1 Wang Chang and Liang Weikeng of China in Kuala Lumpur.
Malaysia Open 2023 | The Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty was defeated in three games in the semifinals by the Chinese pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang. With this, India's campaign at the tournament ended.
This was Naraoka's third win over Prannoy in as many meetings. He had defeated Prannoy in three games at the Singapore Open and World Tour Finals last year.
Malaysia Open 2023: India's ace shuttler HS Prannoy has entered the last eight of the Malaysia Open 2023 he defeated Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo
PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy entered the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open 2022 and kept India's hopes alive of a medal.
PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of the Malaysia Open Super 750 tournament while Saina Nehwal crashed out in the first-round.
Prannoy, who reached the semifinals of the Indonesia Open Super 1000 produced a stellar show as he defeated Daren Liew 21-14, 17-21, 21-18 in a match that lasted a little more than an hour.
Eighth-seeded Srikanth, who had reached the finals of a BWF World Tour event after 17 months at the India Open last week, defeated Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab 21-11, 21-15.
The 24-year-old from Madhya Pradesh, who had lost to Shi Yuqi in the semifinals of the World Tour Finals in December last year, suffered a heart-breaking 20-22, 23-21, 12-21 loss in a 65-minute men's singles.
Saina will play second seed and 2017 world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the last-eight stage of the first Super 500 tournament of the year on Friday.
B Sai Praneeth, meanwhile, has decided to give the tournament a miss after featuring in the PBL for Bengaluru Raptors.
After a 42-minute battle, Srikanth lost 13-21 13-21 to the world no 11 Momota, who registered his 21st consecutive win in Kuala Lumpur.
Srikanth dumped world no 22 Leverdez 21-18 21-14 in a 39-minute clash at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil, a suburb in Kuala Lumpur.
This is Saina's sixth straight loss to the Japanese in seven meetings.
Sindhu took some time to get into the groove before she edged out World No.14 Ohori 26-24, 21-15, in the opening round match.
Ajay Jayaram, who continues to be the top-ranked Indian at No. 19, defeated world number 2 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark 9-21, 21-14, 21-19 to move into the men's singles quarter-finals of the Malaysia Open Superseries here on Thursday.
Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu suffered setbacks with both being knocked out in the opening round of the Malaysia Open Superseries Premier on Wednesday.
Shah Alam (Malaysia): Leading Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal lost her sixth consecutive match against Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying to be knocked out of the Malaysia Open Superseries Premier semi-finals here on Saturday. Tai, 21,
Star Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu registered contrasting victories to enter the women's singles quarter-finals at the Malaysia Open here on Thursday.
Kuala Lumpur: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal today lost the number 1 world ranking after she faced a defeat in women's singles semi-final to reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui at the USD 500,000 Malaysia Open
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