India‘s shuttlers continued their good run at the Canada Open with six singles players reaching the quarter-finals of the $55,000 Grand Prix badminton tournament in Calgary, Canada.
India‘s shuttlers continued their good run at the Canada Open with six singles players reaching the quarter-finals of the $55,000 Grand Prix badminton tournament in Calgary, Canada.
Top seed Ajay Jayaram brushed aside Austria’s David Obernosterer 21-10, 21-12 to set up a clash with compatriot Harsheel Dani, who defeated fellow-India Pratul Joshi 21-9, 21-18.
In another pre-quarter-final, second seed H.S. Prannoy recovered from a second game slump to eke out a hard-fought 21-18, 18-21, 21-12 win over Canada’s B.R. Sankeerth. He will face seventh seed Brice Leverdez of France next.
Fourth seed B. Sai Praneeth, too, reached the quarter-finals after beating Canada’s Wenchao Shi 21-19, 21-12. He will face eighth seed Raul Must of Estonia, who ended the campaign of R.M.V. Gurusaidutt 21-12, 7-21, 21-17.
In women’s singles, 2015 national champion Ruthvika Shivani Gadde edged past Austria’s Elisabeth Baldauf 24-22, 21-18 to set up a fight with fourth seeded Linda Zetchiri of Bulgaria.
Senior nationals runners-up, Tanvi Lad saw off USA’s Maya Chen 21-14, 21and is up against another American Iris Wang, seeded third next.
Rio-bound Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will take on Australia’s Leanne Choo and Rachel Honderich of Canada in the quarter-finals after the top seeds were given a bye in the first round.
Top seeds in men’s doubles, Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy take on Canada’s Ted Chin Tai Chen and Chinese Taipei’s Liao Chao Hsiang. The Rio-bound Indians defeated local combo Timothy Chiu and Jason Ho-Shue 21-8, 21-10 in a pre-quarter-final match.
