 "BWF World Championships: Prannoy ousts two-time champion Kento Momota; Dhruv-Arjun stun world No 8 pair")
India’s Lakshya Sen stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships with a straight-games win on Wednesday after the men’s doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila caused an upset against the world number 8 Danish duo of Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen in the round of 32. Former world No 1 Kidambi Srikanth was knocked out after losing to Zhao Junpeng of China. In another contest, HS Prannoy stunned World No 2 Kento Momota in straight games to reach the last 16 stage. Prannoy beat his Japanese opponent 21-17, 21-16 in a round of 32 match on Wednesday. “The record has not been great with him. It is always tough to play against someone who has played at the highest level,” Prannoy said after the match. “I had to be really disciplined against him today. I think it was really important to pace the game really well, which game to push and which is okay to lose. So in that way, strategy wise I was correct today.” “He is not at his best. But a win is a win. And playing one more round is great. I have been working on my mental side. I have been trying to be as calm as possible. A lot of matches I’m in much better control and I’m not really thinking about what my opponent is playing. But I think there is still a lot of room for improvement,” Prannoy, the hero of India’s Thomas Cup triumph added. Meanwhile, Ashwini Ponnappa/N Sikki Reddy and Pooja Dandu/Sanajan Santosh and Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand Pullela lost their respective women’s doubles matches in the round of 32. The India No 1 Sen won his round of 32 contest 21-17, 21-10 against Spain’s Luís Enrique Peñalver. After trailing 3-4, the ninth seeded Sen grabbed a six-point lead to be 13-7. The Indian continued to stay ahead before comfortably wrapping up the first game. Sen, a world championship bronze medallist, then maintained his stranglehold over the Spanish shuttler and won the second game by a bigger margin. In the second game, the first six points were shared between the two players, but the 21-year-old Indian pulled ahead riding on his superior play. Enjoying a massive nine-point lead at one stage of the second game, it was only a matter of time before Sen completed the job.
SENsational run continues 🔥⚔️@lakshya_sen enters the Round of 16 with a convincing win over 🇪🇸 #LuisPenalver at the #BWFWorldChampionships2022 😍
— Premier Badminton League (@PBLIndiaLive) August 24, 2022
Scoreline: 21-17, 21-10 💥#PBLIndia #BWFWorldChampionships #Tokyo2022 #Badminton pic.twitter.com/OvJFMdCtyN
Sen will next play HS Prannoy in the last 16 clash on Thursday. The eighth seeded men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy thrashed Guatemala’s Solis Jonathan and Anibal Marroquin 21-8, 21-10 to storm into round of 16, where the duo will be up against Denmark’s Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede. Elsewhere, India’s Srikanth became a victim of an error-prone game as he lost 9-21, 17-21 to the unseeded Junpeng in 34 minutes. Earlier, Arjun and Dhruv advanced to the round of 16 with a 21-17, 21-16 win over 2021 bronze medallists and eight seed Astrup and Rasmussen. The Indian pair’s victory over the higher-ranked Danish duo was a result of some tight defending and smart badminton as they kept calm under pressure to secure their first win over a top 10 team.
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— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 24, 2022
MD duo @arjunmr & @dhruvkapilaa kept their calm & wall-like defence intact to beat the WR-8 Danish pair in straight games in R32 clash of the #BWFWorldChampionships2022 💪🤩
Well done boys! 👌#BWFWorldChampionships#Tokyo2022#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/2VTEgsPJ7B
#Arjun/#Dhruv get a great win over World No. 8️⃣! 🔥@arjunmr & @dhruvkapilaa 🇮🇳 matched the pace of the no.8️⃣ seeds #Astrup/#Rasmussen 🇩🇰 with dominant aggression & some good skill play to win 21-17, 21-16 & qualify for the Pre-Qfs at #BWF World C'ship! 👏#Tokyo2022 #Badminton pic.twitter.com/O6SbUsVVgT
— Trupti Murgunde (@TMurgunde) August 24, 2022
They will next face Hee Yong Kai Terry and Loh Kean Hean of Singapore. Elsewhere, Ashwini-Sikki suffered a 15-21, 10-21 loss to China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan, Pooja-Sanjana lost 15-21, 7-21 to South Korea’s Shin Seung-chan and Lee So Hee and Treesa-Gayatri went down 8-21, 17-21 against Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan of Malaysia. Also, in action on Wednesday in the round of 32 matches from India will be Kidami Srikanth and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty. With PTI inputs Read all the Latest News , Trending News , Cricket News , Bollywood News , India News and Entertainment News here. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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