Sourabh Verma News
Saina Nehwal, who is the defending champion in the women`s singles category, lost to Japan's Sayaki Takahashi. She won the first game but then was completely outclassed in the second and third with the final scoreline reading 19-21, 21-13, 21-5 in the Japanese player's favour.
Sourabh had a great season where he bagged two Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam besides winning the Slovenia International series in May. He achieved a career-best ranking of world no.29 in the latest BWF ranking.
India's Rituparna Das will lock horns with fellow countrywoman Shruti Mundada later on Friday for a place in the semi-final of the tournament.
Earlier, Ajay Jayaram, HS Prannoy, B. Sai Praneeth and Lakshya Sen had all knocked out of the tournament after going down in their respective second rounds.
Meanwhile, Ajay Jayaram, HS Prannoy, B. Sai Praneeth and Lakshya Sen have all knocked out of the tournament after going down in their respective second rounds.
With the win, Sourabh has now set up a summit showdown clash against China's Sun Fei Xiang, who defeated Lin Yu Hsien of Chinese Taipei 21-17, 21-16 to storm into the final.
Notably, Sourabh is currently the lone Indian survivor in the tournament after Siril Verma and Subhankar Dey lost their respective pre-quarterfinal and second round clashes.
The 26-year-old Indian shuttler overcame world number 44 Sakai 22-20, 21-13 in 38 minutes.
Sourabh had ealier booked his place in the final of the Hyderabad Open with a straight-game 23-21, 21-16 victory over Malaysia's Iskandar Zulkarnain in a 48-minute semi-final match.
Sourabh lost to Kanta Tsunemaya of Japan while Uttejitha Rao lost to China's Chen Xiao Xin
Sourabh will be facing Kanta Tsunemaya of Japan while Uttejitha Rao will be locking horns with China`s Chen Xiao Xin in their respective first-round matches on Wednesday.
London Olympics medallist Nehwal has now set up a clash against 22-year-old Nagpur qualifier Vaishnavi Bhale for a place in the finals of the tournament.
Verma edged past the 19-year-old Japanese 19-21 21-12 21-17 in the final at the Sport Hall Olympic in Vladivostok.
Sourabh Verma and Rituparna Das progressed to the quarterfinals of the USD 75,000 Russia Open BWF Tour Super 100 tournament.
Jayaram, who returned to action at the China Masters early this month after recovering from a hamstring injury that took nearly eight months to heal, opens his campaign against fourth seed Hsu Jen Hao from Chinese Taipei.
Saina Nehwal entered the second round but Parupalli Kashyap and Sourabh Verma failed to cross the opening hurdle at the USD 400,000 Hong Kong Super Series, here on Wednesday.
The men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also failed to cross the opening hurdle, losing to Chinese pair of Cheng Liu and Nan Zhang 13-21 13-21.
Sourabh, seeded 12th, survived a challenge from compatriot Anand Pawar 21-17 20-22 21-14, while third seed Praneeth, who won the Singapore Open last month, defeated Malaysia's R Satheishtharan 21-15 21-13 in another match.
Sourabh, who had won the Chinese Taipei Open recently, will next take on experienced World No. 13 Marc Zwibler of Germany.
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