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There are 5 back to back tournaments scheduled in Asia for next week which are at the start of 1 year olympic qualification cycle. So, they are all very important for players. Starts with Malyasia Masters 500 this week, than Thailand open 500, Singapore Open 750,Indonesia open 1000 and ending with Taipei open 300.

This week we have participation only in singles. All 3 of our mens singles players, Prannoy, Srikanth and Lakshya Sen won their first round matches today. 2 very good wins against seeds- 9th ranked Prannoy beat 6th ranked Chou Tien Chen from Taipei 16-21 21-13 21-14 and 22nd ranked Lakshya upset 4th ranked Singaporean Loh Kean Yew 21-10 16-21 21-9.

23rd ranked Srikanth beat 28th ranked Frenchman Tomo Jumior Popov 21-12 21-16 and in womens singles, 13th ranked Sindhu had to fight all the way but beat 33rd ranked Dane Line Christophersen 21-13 17-21 21-18.

Other 2 Indians in womens singles- Akarshi Kashyap and Malvika Bansod lost to top 2 seeds in the draw.

There was also Asmita Chaliha in the women's singles who lost to the 4th seed. Wonder what happened to Saina.

Good start for us today.

Sindhu extends her win-loss record against 18th ranked Aya Ohori of Japan to 13-0 by winning 21-16 21-11 in second round.

Prannoy has an another excellent win after the upset yesterday. He beat 11th ranked Chinese Li Shi Feng 13-21 21-16 21-11 to move to QF.

Lakshya and Srikanth still to come later today.

Srikanth also won. Finally a really good win by him. Vitidsarn has been in hot form of late.

Yes, excellent win by Srikanth over 5th ranked Kumlavut.

However, Lakshya Sen lost against 14th ranked Angus from Hongkong 14-21 19-21.

So, these are QF match-ups for our players-

At Malaysia Masters 500

[QF] (6) PV Sindhu (IND,13) vs. Zhang Yi Man (CHN,18) - Head to head 2-1 to Chinese with recent win at All England in March

[QF] HS Prannoy (IND,9) vs. Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,13) - Head to head 2-0 for Nishimoto

[QF] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,23) vs. Christiana Adinata (INA,57) - First match

All 3 winable

Srikanth lost to a qualifier today. Sindhu and Prannoy are through to the semis. Prannoy faces the qualifier while Sindhu plays a lower ranked Indonesian. Both are winnable matches.

Srikanth had the easiest match of the 3 and after winning the first game he was leading 15-13 in the second game only to sqander it awy with series of errors as he is prone to these day.

Very good wins by Prannoy and Sindhu against whom they had losing record before today's matches.

At Malaysia Masters 500

[QF] (6) PV Sindhu (IND,13) d. Zhang Yi Man (CHN,18) 21-16, 13-21, 22-20

[QF] HS Prannoy (IND,9) d. Kenta Nishimoto (JPN,13) 25-23 18-21 21-13

[QF] Kidambi Srikanth (IND,23) l. Christiana Adinata (INA,57) 21-16 16-21 11-21

Next,

[SF] (6) PV Sindhu (IND,13) vs. (7) Gergoria Mariska Tunjung (INA,9)

[SF] HS Prannoy (IND,9) vs. (Q) Christiana Adinata (INA,57)

Head to head against Tunjung is 7-1 in favour of Sindhu but in last match in April Tunjung thrashed Sindhu for her first win and after that Tunjung has shown improvement and is now actually ranked higher than Sindhu now.

Prannoy has an easier match but has played long matches in all 3 matches this week. So, he will have to find the energy to win another match.

Sindhu will be tired after that match. Generally she losses after playing long marches

Prannoy will be even more tired as all his 3 matches went to more than an hour and last match to more than 90 mins.

Hope at least one of two reach the final.

Can you believe this?? Holy crap. A 211-shot rally?? One of the most incredible things I have ever seen. I counted and I thought it was more than 211, but anyway... Just watch.

Sindhu lost. Prannoy's opponent got injured and gave a walkover. Prannoy was leading. Hope he goes on to win this event.

jayakris wrote: ↑Sat May 27, 2023 8:06 am Can you believe this?? Holy crap. A 211-shot rally?? One of the most incredible things I have ever seen. I counted and I thought it was more than 211, but anyway... Just watch.

Yes, that was amazing point.

Today's result-

[SF] (6) PV Sindhu (IND,13) l. (7) Gergoria Mariska Tunjung (INA,9) 14-21 17-21

[SF] HS Prannoy (IND,9) d. (Q) Christiana Adinata (INA,57) 19-17 retd.

Next,

[F] HS Prannoy (IND,9) vs. Weng Hong Yang (CHN,34)

Nice run by Prannoy here! Hope he can close it out with a title.

Prannoy wins. At an individual level this is arguably his biggest title win.