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The Indian challenge ended as Sai Praneeth went down fighting to Anthony Gingting of Indonesia in the quarterfinals of the Super 1000 China Open played at Changzhou on Friday. It was a great start for Sai who started the 1 st game on an aggressive note-taking a 3-0 lead and continued to build on the lead. At the interval, the Indian led 11-3. After the interval, Ginting reduced the gap to 11-14 but Sai took 1 st game at 21-16. Ginting bounced back strongly in the 2 nd game taking a 9-4 lead. At the interval, the Indonesian took an 11-4 lead at the interval. After the interval, it was a dominating performance by Ginting who never gave chance to Sai and won 2 nd set easily at 21-6. The Indonesian had a perfect start to the deciding game as he took a 6-2 lead. Sai Praneeth made a strong comeback with aggressive smashes and drop shots to have 11-7 lead at the interval. After the interval, Ginting proved his worth taking 6 points into the lead at 13-12. Sai committed a lot ...

It was a disappointing day for the Indian contingent as the World Championship PV Sindhu crashed out in the 2 nd round of Super 1000 China Open played at Changzhou on Thursday. Sai Praneeth was the only to move into the quarterfinals. In the men’s singles, Sai Praneeth defeated Lu Gz of China in two straight games at 21-19, 21-19. It was a decent performance by bronze medallists from 2019 World Championship. The Indian showed great fighting spirit and proved his worth with aggressive stroke play not allowing the Chinese to play his natural game. He will take on Anthony Ginting of Indonesia. Parupali Kashyap lost to Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting in two straight sets by 21-23, 21-15, 12-21 to be knocked out. The 1 st game was closely fought game but Ginting held his nerves to win the 1 st set. Kashyap produced a dominating display to win the 2 nd set and force the match into the decider. In deciding game, Ginting raised his game and won deciding game. The World Championsh...