Guru, Sameer in semis
Indian shuttlers Sameer Verma and RMV Gurusaidutt set up a semifinal clash in the BWF Tour Super 100 tournament here on Friday.
Top seed Sameer defeated Pratul Joshi 16-21, 2624, 21-7 in just under an hour. Guru came back from losing the first game to overcome Malaysia’s Lim Chi Wing 13-21, 22-20, 21-11 in 59 minutes.
On the doubles side, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty got past Tarun Kona and Malaysia’s Lim Khim Wah 21-13, 21-10 to make the Last Four stage.
Arun George and Sanyam Shukla also made the semifinals with a 21-17, 21-15 win over Hong Kong’s Chan Tsz Kit and Yeung Shing Choi.
The top Indian mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy also moved into the semifinals. They battled past Hong Kong’s Yeung Ming Nok and Ng Tsz Yau 22-20, 14-21, 21-17 in 52 minutes.
The Indians will now face another Hong Kong combination of Chang Tak Ching and Ng Wing Yung.
However in women’s singles, Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli and Rasika Raje bowed out after suffering defeats in the quarterfinals. While Jia Min of Singapore ended Krishna Priya’s run with a 21-12, 21-12 win, Raje went down 19-21, 8-21 to Sim Yu Jin of Korea.
The mixed doubles pairs of S. Sunjith and K. P. Sruthi and M. R. Arjun and K. Maneesha also went out of the tournament. Second seeded men’s doubles pair of M. R. Arjun and Shlok Ramchandran and the women’s doubles pair of D. Pooja and Sanjana Santosh also failed to get past the quarterfinals. Sameer Verma (India, 1) bt Pratul Joshi (India) 16-21, 26-24, 21-7.
Women’s singles quarterfinals: Yeo Jia Min (Singapore) bt Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli (India, 5) 21-12, 21-12; Deng Joy Xuan (Hong Kong, 4) bt Iris Wang (USA) 15-21, 21-10, 21-15; Sim Yu Jin (Korea) bt Rasika Raje (India) 21-19, 21-8; Kim Ga Eun (Korea) bt AN Se Young (Korea) 21-12, 18-21, 21-19.
Men’s doubles quarterfinals: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty (India, 1) bt Tarun Kona (India)/ Lim Khim Wah (Malaysia, 6) 21-13, 21-10; Arun George/ Sanyam Shukla (India, 4) bt Chan Tsz Kit/ Yeung Shing Choi (Hong Kong) 21-17, 21-15; Akbar Bintang Cahyono/ Moh Reza Pahlevi Isfahani (Indonesia, 3) bt Pakin Kuna-Anuvit/ Natthapat Trinkajee (Thailand, 8) 21-11, 21-13; Mohamad Arif Ab Latif Arif/ Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub Azriyn (Malaysia, 5) bt M. R. Arjun/ Shlok Ramchandran (India, 2) 21-12, 21-19.
Mixed doubles quarterfinals: Pranaav Jerry Chopra/ N. Sikki Reddy (India, 1) bt Yeung Ming Nok/ NG Tsz Yau (Hong Kong) 22-20, 1421, 21-17; Renaldi Samosir/ Hediana Julimarbela (Indonesia) bt S. Sunjith (Jr)/ Sruthi K. P. (India) 2116, 21-13; Akbar Bintang Cahyono/ Winny Oktavina Kandow (Indonesia, 6) bt M. R. Arjun/ K. Maneesha (India) 21-7, 21-12; NG Tsz Yau/ Yuen Sin Ying (Hong Kong, 5) bt Tania Oktaviani Kusumah/ Vania Arianti Sukoco (Indonesia) 21-18, 14-21, 21-13; Chang Tak Ching/ NG Wing Yung (Hong Kong, 5) bt Tam Chun Hei/ NG Shiu Yee (Hong Kong) 21-11, 21-14.
Women’s doubles quarterfinals: Yulfira Barackh/ Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto (Indonesia, 6) bt Winny Oktavina Kandow/ Rosyita Eka Putri Sari (Indonesia) 15-21, 21-19, 21-14; Vivian Hoo/ Yap Cheng Wen (Malaysia) bt Benyapa Aimsaard/ Nuntakarn Aimsaard (Thailand) 21-12, 21-10; Agatha Imanuela/ Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti (Indonesia, 3) bt D. Pooja/ Sanjana Santosh (India) 1421, 21-10, 21-13.