Manu Attri-Sumeeth Reddy in semi-finals; Praneeth, Sameer ousted

Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy

India's men's doubles duo of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy advanced to the semi-finals of the Australian Open badminton tourney, while it was curtains for Sameer Verma and B Sai Praneeth who lost their respective men's singles quarter-final matches yesterday.

Second seed Praneeth lost 21-23, 13-21 to Hong Kong's Yiu Lee Cheuk. Earlier, No. 4 seed Sameer went down to Chinese Guangzu Lu 21-14, 21-6. Meanwhile, the men's doubles pair of Manu and Sumeeth beat compatriots Arjun MR and Ramchandran Shlok 17-21, 21-19, 21-18 in the quarter-final.

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