World No. 16 PV shocked by No. 26 TL Nguyen in Rd 1; Prannoy, Srikanth enter Rd 2
PV Sindhu during her Rd 1 loss to Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Linh in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
India’s male shuttlers, led by the experienced duo of HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, were off to a brilliant start, but it was curtains for double Olympic-medallist PV Sindhu as she bowed out with a first-round loss at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament on Wednesday.
Prannoy and Srikanth were joined by Satish Karunakaran in the second round. Taking the court first, 2023 World Championships bronze medallist Prannoy stunned fifth seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan 19-21 21-17 21-16 in one hour and 22 minutes. He will play Yushi Tanaka of Japan in the second round.
HS Prannoy (left) and K Srikanth
Karunakaran, who won the 2023 Odisha Masters and 2024 Guwahati Masters, also registered an upset by stunning third seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei 21-13 21-14 in just 39 minutes. Ayush Shetty, who had reached the semi-finals at the Taipei Open super 300, also progressed after getting past Brian Yang of Canada 20-22 21-10 21-8. Later, former World No. 1 Srikanth, a 2021 World Championships silver medallist, stunned a higher-ranked, sixth seeded Lu Guang Zu of China 23-21 13-21 21-11 in a 57-minute showdown to progress.
World No. 16 Sindhu’s poor form, however, continued as she failed to get past the opening hurdle, losing 11-21, 21-14, 15-21 to 6 Nguyen Thuy Linh of Vietnam, who is ranked 10 places below at 26.
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