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Bing Kun-Lo Ee upset top seeded Indian couple Sumeeth-Sikki to enter last eight

Badminton NewsNovember 28, 2024

PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttlers Loo Bing Kun-Ho Lo Ee pulled off a huge upset over top seeds and home favourites B. Sumeeth Reddy-Sikki Reddy to reach the quarter-finals of the Syed Modi International.

Bing Kun-Lo Ee, who are ranked 102nd in the world, fought brilliantly to come away with 19-21, 21-16, 21-13 win over the world No. 33 Indians in 50 minutes in Lucknow yesterday.

It was a breakthrough for the youngsters as they made it into the last eight of a World Tour Super 300 competition for the first time.

Bing Kun-Lo Ee, who only combined early this year, will take on another Indian pair, fifth seeds Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto next for a place in the semi-final.

The duo’s best performance previously came in the Super 100 Indonesian Masters where they made it into the quarter-final.

Bing Kun partnered Cheng Su Yin briefly last year and won the Malaysian International Series together.

Meanwhile, it was also joy for independent player Wong Tien Ci when he made it into the last eight in both the men’s and mixed doubles.

In the mixed doubles, Tien Ci combined with Lim Chiew Sien to oust India’s Shaik Gouse-K. Maneesha 21-16, 21-18. The pair will next face Chinese qualifiers Liao Pinyi-Huang Kexin.

Tien Ci had a tougher time in the men’s doubles when he and Lim Tze Jian had to dig deep to beat Thailand’s Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn-Worrapol Thongsanga 21-19, 11-21, 22-20.

India’s Roy Pruthvi-K. Sai Pratheek stand in Tien Ci-Tze Jian’s way next.

World junior champions Aaron Tai-Kang Kai Xing also made it into the quarter-final after overcoming Taiwan’s Po Li-wei-Lu Chen 21-16, 13-21, 21-14 and will play India’s Ishaan Bhatnagar-Sankar Prasad next.

In the women’s doubles, Go Pei Kee-Teoh Mei Xing brushed past India’s Gayatri Rawat-Mansa Rawat 21-7, 21-14 to set up a meeting against second seeds Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand.

In the men’s singles, it was the end of the road though for Justin Hoh after he lost 12-21, 19-21 to India’s Ayush Shetty.

RESULTS

Malaysians unless stated

Second round

Men’s singles: Ayush Shetty (Ind) bt Justin Hoh 21-12, 21-19.

Men’s doubles: Aaron Tai-Kang Kai Xing bt Po Li-wei-Lu Chen 21-16, 13-21, 21-14; Wong Tien Ci-Lim Tze Jian bt Chaloempon Charoenkitamorn-Worrapol Thongsanga (Tha) 21-19, 11-21, 22-20.

Women’s doubles: Go Pei Kee-Teoh Mei Xing bt Gayatri Rawat-Mansa Rawat (Ind) 21-7, 21-14.

Mixed doubles: Loo Bing Kun-Ho Lo Ee bt B. Sumeeth Reddy-Sikki Reddy (Ind) 19-21, 21-16, 21-13; Wong Tien Ci-Lim Chiew Sien bt Shaik Gouse-K. Maneesha (Ind) 21-16, 21-18.

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Denmark Open: PV Sindhu Enters Second Round; Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand, Sumeeth-Sikki Exit

Badminton NewsOctober 16, 2024

Indian shuttlers endured a tough day at the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament on Wednesday, with the country’s challenge in both women’s and mixed doubles ending in heartbreaking first-round defeats. The women’s doubles pairing of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought valiantly but ultimately fell to Malaysia’s fifth-seeded duo, Pearly Tan and Muralitharan Thinaah, in a grueling three-game match. After taking the first game 21-19, the Indian pair couldn’t maintain their momentum, losing 17-21 and 15-21 in a battle that stretched for over an hour.

Despite their previous 1-5 head-to-head record against the world No. 7 Malaysian opponents, Treesa and Gayatri gave a strong performance, showing promise but bowing out early.

In the mixed doubles, the experienced Indian pair of B. Sumeeth Reddy and N. Sikki Reddy also suffered a narrow defeat. The duo was edged out by Canada’s Kevin Lee and Eliana Zhang after a nail-biting contest that lasted one hour and two minutes. After winning the first game 22-20, the Indians were unable to close out the match, losing the next two games 19-21 and 22-24 in an agonizingly close finish.

While the doubles pairs faced early exits, India still had hope in the singles events. The lone bright spot for India came from double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, who moved into the second round of the women’s singles. Sindhu was leading comfortably 21-8, 13-7 when her opponent, Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po, retired midway through the second game, gifting the Indian a safe passage into the next round.

On Tuesday, however, Lakshya Sen, a 2021 World Championship bronze-medallist, crashed out of the men’s singles after a hard-fought three-game defeat against China’s Lu Guang Zu.

Women’s singles players Malvika Bansod and Aakarshi Kashyap also saw their campaigns come to an end with first-round losses. Bansod struggled against Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Linh, while Kashyap lost in straight sets to the formidable South Korean shuttler, An Se-young.

Promising young talent Unnati Hooda was set to take on Lauren Lam of the USA later in the day, while Satish Kumar Karunakaran would face Li Yang Su of Chinese Taipei in the men’s singles.

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Badminton, Macau Open Super 300: Kidambi Srikanth, Sumeeth-Sikki progress to second round

Badminton NewsSeptember 25, 2024

Men’s singles player Kidambi Srikanth and the mixed doubles pair of B. Sumeeth Reddy-Sikki Reddy were among the Indians who won in the opening round of the 2024 Macau Open Super 300 on Wednesday.

Srikanth, seeded sixth in the tournament, beat Israel’s Daniil Dubovenko 21-14, 21-15 in the men’s singles category to move into the second round. Sumeeth and Sikki had earlier gone past the Malaysian pair of Loo Bing Kun/Ho Lo Ee, beating them 24-22, 10-21, 21-13 in just under an hour.

The other wins were by Tasnim Mir who beat her fellow compatriot Devika Sihag 15-21, 21-18, 22-20 in the women’s singles Round of 32. It was a similar situation for Ayush Shetty who did the same to Alap Mehra in the men’s singles event, beating him in straight games.

Tanya Hemanth, Anupama Upadhyaya and Isharani Baruah all exited the women’s singles event in the first round while Mithun Manjunath, Chirag Sen, Sameer Verma and S.Sankar Muthusamy all lost their respective opening matches in the men’s singles category as well.

Sikki Reddy however, wasn’t as successful in the women’s doubles event with partner Ruthvika Shivani, losing 17-21, 19-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Nicole Gonzales Chan and Chun Yun Yang. The other pair in the category, Apoorva Gahlawat and Sakshi Gahlawat, lost to Ding Ke Yun and Yi Luo from China.

Shivani also exited in the mixed doubles category with partner Rohan Kapoor as they were beaten by Thailand’s Ruttanapak Oupthong and Jhenicha Sudjaipraparat in straight games.

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