India’s HS Prannoy lost to NG Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong 21-17, 9-21, 17-21 in the semi-final to bring end to India’s campaign at the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament here on Saturday.
Earlier on FridayHS Prannoy edged out Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama in the quarters as two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu couldn’t find a way to get past her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying.
On Thursday, Parupalli Kashyap and B Sai Praneeth — bowed out after losing their respective second-round matches in the BWF Super 500 badminton tournament. While Kashyap went down 10-21, 15-21 to Indonesian sixth seed Anthony Ginting, world bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth lost to Chinese shuttler Li Shi Feng 14-21, 17-21.
Earlier on Wednesday, Saina Nehwal suffered another early exit after losing to South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun 21-16, 17-21, 14-21.
The 32-year-old, who had also made a first-round exit from the Malaysia Open Super 750 tournament last week, is yet to progress past the second round in any competition this year.
World No. 30 Sameer Verma lost to world No. 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei 21-10, 12-21, 14-21 to make an early exit from the men’s singles event. In the women’s doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy lost to Indonesia’s Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi 21-19, 18-21, 21-16.
(With inpus from Agencies)
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