HS Prannoy enters quarters, Kidambi Srikanth crashes out

Kidambi SrikanthIndian shuttler H S Prannoy progressed to the quarterfinals but title contender Kidambi Srikanth crashed out after suffering a narrow defeat to Chinas Huang Yuxiang in the USD 1000000 All England Championship here The unseeded Prannoy who came into the tournament after recovering from foot warts outwitted former world no 3 and 2014 world championship bronze medallist Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia 2110 2119 in aprequarterfinal matchThe world no 3 had defeated Yuxiang ranked 42 to claim the 2016 Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold title but Srikanth failed to see off the unseeded Chinese at the Arena Birmingham losing 1121 2115 2022 in a 52 minute battleI didnt start well but then I came back really well in both the games I missed out on easy points in the third Srikanth said Well there were too many service faults in opening game I didnt expect that to happen Yesterday I didnt get any today it was totally changed That should not happen in a tournament There should be a specific rule The umpire couldnt find faults yesterday on Wednesday but today the umpire sitting found too many faults It is ridiculous an upset Srikanth saidPrannoy who slipped to world no 16 after missing a few tournaments earlier in the year will now face Yuxiang in the quarters Indias rising doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty played their heart out before losing to the second seeded Danish combo of Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen 2116 1621 2321 in an hour and three minutesWe are playing better we need more experience We got 23 service faults in crucial moments we were down in first game and it was same till the end In the second we could pull off but in the third game we were neck and neck Satwik said We lost three times to them it was always close Unfortunate today after every two points in crucial points we had service faults This is our first All England so there is a little bit of nerves We were bit unlucky today Chirag saidThe mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy however failed to put up a fight against second seeds Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China losing 621 1021 in just 24 minutes Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu will clash with seventh seeded Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in a rematch of the World Championship final which went down in history as one of the longest and greatest battles clocking 110 minutesCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the goThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever