Tokyo Olympics 2020: Mixed day for Indian shuttlers

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 The Indian badminton contingent had a mixed day as the young the pairing of Satwiksairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty stunned the 3rd ranked pair while Sai Praneeth lost to Misha Zilberman of Israel on the opening day played at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza, Tokyo on Saturday.

In the Group A match, the young Indian pair stunned the World number 3 Lee Ying and Wang Chin-inn of Chinese Taipei in three grueling games. It was an aggressive start by the Indian pair who dominated the initial stages taking a commanding 7-2 lead. Despite the Chinese Taipei efforts, Chirag and Satwik had an 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, the Indian pair upped the ante not allowing the world number 3 to comeback into the game-winning first game easily at 21-16.

The second game saw the Chinese Taipei pair showing great skills and converting most of the chances, but Chirag and Satwik kept the pressure back. Despite the efforts of Indians, Lee and Wang took a decent lead at the interval. After the break, it was a dominating performance by the World number 3 winning 2nd game at 21-16 despite Indian pair taking points at the end.

It was an amazing display by both pairs in the deciding game. Chirag and Satwik had the initial lead of 2-0 but the opponent leveled the scores. Both pairs fought for each point moving neck to neck till 10-10. An unforced error by Satwik allowed the Chinese Taipei pair to take an 11-10 lead at the interval.

After the break, the Indian pair but fought back strongly to level the scores at 13-13. Both Indians committed a lot of unforced errors and looked on verge of losing being down 17-19. Chirag and Satwik showed grit to level the scores at 19-19. After that, the Indian pair had chances of winning the match, but Lee and Wang fought back strongly.

The Chinese Taipei pair had one match point but Chirag and Satwik showed great skills to level it and won a thrilling encounter by 27-25.

Sai Praneeth loses in the first match

Sai Praneeth suffered a disappointing loss to Misha Zilberman of Israel in two straight games. It was a superb start by the Indian who had an 8-4 lead, but the Israel player took 5 points in succession due to an unforced error by Sai. Thanks to an error by Misha, Sai Praneeth had an 11-10 lead at the interval.

After the break, the Indian could not execute his strokes giving Zilberman a decent 15-13 lead. The Israel player dominated play not allowing Sai to enter winning the first game at 21-16.

The second game saw Praneeth committing errors as Misha dominated the play taking an early 8-5 lead. Israel player showed class and took 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, Sai tried his best, but Misha dominated the play winning the second game easily at 21-12.

He will take on Mark Caljouw of Netherlands. With this loss, Sai Praneeth has been dented ongoing on the knockout stage.

 


 

 




Satwik Sairaj RankiReddy and Chirag Shetty stunned the World number 3 

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