Saarbrucken [Germany]: India’s ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth staged an upset at the Hylo Open 2022 BWF Super 300 by beating seventh-ranked Jonatan Christie in straight sets in Saarbrucken, Germany, on Friday.
The previous Globe No 1 left to an excellent start by scoring nine of the last 11 points to win the initial game versus the seventh-ranked Indonesian. The Indian shuttler won the suit 21-13, 21-19 in 39 mins in spite of a late charge in the second video game from the 2018 Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie. The fifth-seeded Anthony Ginting of Indonesia will certainly encounter Kidambi Srikanth in the semifinal suit. Ginting has actually prevailed over Srikanth in three of their previous 5 encounters, most lately in March at the All-England Open.
In the ladies’s doubles quarterfinals previously in the day, Treesa Playful and also Gayatri Gopichand beat Chinese Taipei’s Hsu Ya Ching as well as Lin Wan Ching 21-17, 18-21, 21-8.
The eighth-seeded Thai group of Benyapa Aimsaard as well as Nuntakarn Aimsaard will contend against the Indian team that won the bronze medal at the 2022 Republic Games.
Chirag Shetty and also Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who are currently rated 8th on the planet, lost their men’s increases quarterfinal match to England’s seventh-seeded team of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy. The Indian badminton team shed 21-17, 21-14, and was eliminated from the competition.
Malvika Bansod placed 39th worldwide, was up to Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, rated 21st, in the females’s singles quarterfinals in 33 minutes after shocking Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland in the pre-quarterfinals.
