Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand pair enters pre-quarters; Chirag Sen loses in quarterfinals at Hong Kong badminton tournament

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Sep 10, 2024, 19:42 IST

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Chirag Sen and Manav Choudhary were knocked out in the men's singles quarterfinals, while star Indian pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand progressed to the pre-quarterfinals in women's doubles at the Hong Kong badminton tournament. At the Vietnam Open, Indian players had mixed results with some advancing further and others exiting early.

Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand pair enters pre-quarters; Chirag Sen loses in quarterfinals at Hong Kong badminton tournament

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand (PTI Photo)

NEW DELHI: Indian participants faced mixed outcomes at the Hong Kong badminton tournament on Tuesday. Chirag Sen and Manav Choudhary were eliminated in the men's singles quarterfinals, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand advanced to the pre-quarterfinals in women's doubles.
Jolly and Gayatri began their campaign with a win, defeating Ukraine's Polina Buhrova and Yevheniia Kantemyr 21-14, 21-13 in the round of 32.In contrast, the Panda sisters, Rutaparna and Swetaparna, were defeated 11-21, 8-21 by Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Pei Shan and Hung En-Tzu.
The tournament, a World Tour Super 500 event part of the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) calendar, will continue until Sunday.
In the men's singles round of 16, Chirag Sen won against Canada's Lai Yin Chung 21-12, 21-10 but later lost to another Canadian, Sheng Xiaodong, in a match with scores of 12-21, 21-13, 14-21. Manav Choudhary defeated Ukraine's Oleksii Titov 21-14, 21-19 but then lost to Hong Kong's Chan Yin Chak 6-21, 10-21.

In the Super 100 Vietnam Open, Alap Mishra won his round of 64 match against Chinese Taipei's Liao Jhuo-Fu 21-15, 16-21, 21-12. Bharat Raghav also secured a win against Thailand's Korakrit Laotrakul 21-15, 21-17. In an all-India match, Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar triumphed over Abhishek Saini with scores of 26-24, 19-21, 21-10.
However, Siddhanth Gupta and Abhishek Yeligar were defeated by Indonesia's Jia Wei Koh and China's Wang Zheng Xing in their respective round of 64 matches. Tarun Kumar Katam also lost his match to Malaysia's Ong Zhen Yi 15-21, 10-21.

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