Chou Tien Chen News
The 30-year-old Indian will next face Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen, who won the bronze medal at the world championships last week, in the quarterfinal stage. Prannoy, currently ranked world number 18, has beaten Chen in their last two meetings, but overall, he is 3-4 behind.
The 26-year-old Indian shuttler overcame world number 44 Sakai 22-20, 21-13 in 38 minutes.
Phetpradab who is ranked 32nd in the world rankings recorded a comprehensive win in just an hour and three minutes, over Srikanth.
World number one Lee Chong Wei reached the final of the All-England Open for a seventh time on Saturday after rallying past Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan 10-21, 21-14, 21-9.
Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram today continued his rampaging run at the Korea Open notching up a sensational straight-game upset victory over world No 7 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei to storm into the finals of the USD 600,000 Super Series event here on Saturday.
India's campaign at the $275,000 Japan Open Superseries came to an end as world No.8 shuttler Parupalli Kashyap was knocked out in the men's singles quarter-final here on Friday.
Loading...