Indonesia Open 2023 Quarterfinals: HS Prannoy and doubles pair move into the semi-finals.

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It was another impressive day for the Indian shuttlers as HS Prannoy and men’s doubles pair progressed into semi-finals of Super 1000 Indonesia Open 2023 played in Jakarta, Indonesia on 16 June.

HS Prannoy showed his class with straight game win over third seeded Kodai Naraoka of Japan. It was a closely fought affair between these two players. At the mid-game interval, Prannoy had an 11-9 lead. After the break, the match ebbed and flowed before the Indian won the first game at 21-18.

The second game saw Kodai Naroka begin with an attacking display of badminton and kept the pressure back on Prannoy in the initial stages. There were long rallies but this time, Japanese had 11-9 lead at the break. After the break, Prannoy fought back strongly and showed his class with brilliant shots winning points in succession to win the match by 21-16. He will now face Victor Axelsen.

Satwik/Chirag Shetty stunned the top seeded F Alfian and Aridanto in two straight games. It was a dominating performance by Indian pair playing with aggression right from word go and putting pressure on the Indonesian. The first game saw the Indian pair taking 11-7 lead at the break. After the break, it was one-way traffic as Satwik and Chirag won the first game 21-13.

The second game saw both pairs fighting for each point till 7-7. Satwik and Chirag showed their class taking an 11-7 lead at the break. After the interval, the Indian pair continued their domination winning it by 21-13 to move into the semi-finals. They will now face Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae of South Korea.

Kidambi Srikanth went down fighting to Li SF of China in three games. Both players began the match with lovely shots, keeping pressure on each other. At the mid-game interval, Li took 11-7 lead. After the break, Srikanth committed lots of unforced errors as Chinese won the first game 21-14.

The second game began with players taking alternate points till 5-5. Srikanth showed his class and put pressure on Chinese taking 11-6 lead at the break. After the break, the Indian continued his domination winning it by 21-14 to force match into decider.

Li showed his in the third and final game with the Indian committing lots of errors. At the mid-game break, Chinese had 11-6 lead at break. It was one-way traffic as the Chinese won it by 21-12 to progress into semi-finals.



 





HS Prannoy and Satwik/Chirag progress into the semi-finals of Indonesia Open 2023 

 

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