Badminton Asia Championships 2023 Quarter-Finals Highlights: Satwik-Chirag storms into semis; PV Sindhu, Prannoy Kapoor-Sikki out

Welcome to the live blog for the quarter-finals of the Badminton Asian Championships 2023. PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, and a host of other Indian stars will be in action.

After 3 stunning days of action, it is time for the quarter-finals at the Badminton Asia Championships 2023. Despite some early shocking exits and withdrawals, India have four quarter-finalists in action today. PV Sindhu will meet rival and second-seed An Se Young of Korea, while Prannoy will clash against Japan's Kante Tsuneyama in the last-eight stage.

In doubles, the Indian men's pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face and third seed Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan, while the mixed doubles duo of Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy, who advanced through the qualifiers to make the quarter-finals, will play Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

India's match schedule

Men’s Singles Quarter-Finals

HS Prannoy vs Kanta Tsuneyama – Court 2

Women’s Singles Quarter-Finals

PV Sindhu vs An Se Young – Court 2

Men’s Doubles Quarter-Finals

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan – Court 1

Mixed Doubles Quarter-Finals

Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy vs Dejan Ferdinansyah/Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja – Court 2

Round of 16 Summary

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and the men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 quarter-finals, but Kidambi Srikanth bowed out despite putting up a tough fight against fourth-seeded Japanese Kodai Naraoka in the R16 stage. The mixed doubles pair Rohan Kapoor/Sikki Reddy also progressed to the last eight stage after being given a walkover.

After an eventful second day at the Badminton Asia Championships, India had a good start to the third day with Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy being given a walkover. The mixed doubles pair is just one match away from winning a medal and creating history. The other mixed doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sumeeth Reddy put up a decent fight but lost in straight sets.

In the women’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand gave a walkover and walked out of the tournament in the pre-quarterfinals. BAI (Badminton Association of India) on their social media handle said that the pair withdrew due to injury. The pair will have a bigger role to play at the Sudirman Cup next month and probably are resting themselves to get back to full fitness. 

PV Sindhu played like a champion player and also got back to her previous best by defeating WR 9 Han Yue in straight sets. The Indian number 1 and 2022 bronze medallist is set to take on second seed An Se Young for a place in the semi-finals (and her second consecutive medal at the Badminton Asia Championships).

HS Prannoy and the Indian men’s doubles pair Satwik-Chirag notched up easy victories in the men’s singles and men’s doubles section respectively. PV Sindhu was the lone shuttler to medal in the previous edition and this time India has high chance of bettering the previous medals tally.