Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy displayed sheer dominance in the summit clash of the Thailand Open and defeated the Chinese pair of Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi on Sunday.
Several players will present their challenge in the Thailand Open 2023, however, an Indian star pair will miss the tournament in Bangkok.
PV Sindhu lost to world number four and Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei in the semifinals of the Thailand Open.
PV Sindhu, the two-time Olympic medallist hammered World No.1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in straight sets to enter the semifinal of the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament on Friday.
Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu remains the lone surviving Indian shuttler in the competition after she sailed into the women's singles quarterfinals of the Thailand Open on Thursday.
Indian pugilists Ashish Kumar, Govind Sahani, Varinder Singh and Monika entered the finals of their respective events at the Thailand Open International Boxing Tournament in Phuket on Wednesday.
In women's singles final, Marin defeated top seed Tai Tzu-Ying 21-19, 21-17 in a match that lasted 48 minutes.
Up against the world number three Thai pair, Satwik and Ashwini, who are ranked 36th, showed great skills and temperament after losing the opening game by a whisker.
The Indian pair had participated in Super 1000 events in 2018 ad 2019 but this is the first time it entered the semifinals.
With the defeat of Sindhu and Sameer, Indian challenge in singles competition ended in the tournament.
The unseeded pair of Satwik and Ashwini stunned fifth seeds and world no 6 Peng Soon Chan and Liu Ying Goh of Malaysia 18-21 24-22 22-20 after toiling hard for one hour and 15 minutes in a nail-bitting quarterfinal duel.
The unseeded Indian pair toiled hard for one hour and 15 minutes to beat their world no. 6 Malaysian opponents 18-21 24-22 22-20 in a nail-bitting quarterfinal duel.
Sindhu expectedly outclassed Malaysia's world no. 92 Kisona Selvaduray 21-10 21-12 in a lop-sided second-round contest that lasted just 35 minutes.
The world number 31 Indian needed just 39 minutes to see off Gemke 21-12, 21-9; Satwik and Ponnappa had a hard fought 22-20, 14-21, 21-16 win over the German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich.
It is Prannoy's first win against the Indonesian in last four attempts.
Praneeth and Srikanth were among the frontrunners for the Thailand Open Super 1000 title.
World champion Sindhu showed great discipline and focus to see off world no.12 Busanan 21-17 21-13 in the women's singles opener.
This was Marin's seventh win in 16 meetings against Tai.
Momota showed no symptoms despite the positive result and after the 10-day isolation required by the health centre, he returned to his Tokyo dormitory on Thursday.
Nehwal lost 23-21, 14-21, 16-21 in a match that lasted for 68 minutes to bow out of the Super 1000 tournament.
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