Taipei Open 2023 Quarter-Finals Highlights: HS Prannoy knocked out
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Taipei Open 2023 Quarter-Finals Schedule
Court 1
XD: Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei vs Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling Fang
WS: Pornpicha Choeikeewong vs Pai Yu Po
MS: Su Li Yang vs Yeoh Seng Zoe
WS: Tai Tzu Ying vs Supanida Katethong
MS: Wang Tzu Wei vs Lin Chun-Yi
MD: Jin Yong/Na Sung Seung vs Lin Chia Yu/Lin Yong Sheng
WD: Lee Yu Lim/Shin Seung Chan vs Hu Ling Fang/Lin Xiao Min
Court 2
WS: Sung Shuo Yun vs Pitchamon Opatniput
XD: Hoo Pang Ron/Teoh Mei Xing vs Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia Hsin
WS: Putri Kusuma Wardani vs Beiwen Zhang
MD: Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi vs Fang-Chih Lee/Fang-Jen Lee
MS: HS Prannoy vs Ng Ka Long Angus
WD: Lui Lok Lok/Ng Wing Yung vs Hung En-Tzu/Lin Yu-Pei
WD: Lee Chia Hsin/Teng Chun Hsun vs Liu Chaio-Yun/Wang Yu Qiao
Court 3
XD: Chang Ko-Chi/Lee Chih Chen vs Tseng Min Hao/Hsieh Pei Shan
XD: Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Lin Xiao Min vs Jafar HidayaTullah/Aisyah Salsabila
MS: Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo vs Kenta Nishimoto
WD: Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi vs Annie Xu/Kerry Xu
MD: Wei Chi Wei/Wu Guan Xun vs Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po Han
MD: Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan vs Man Wei Chong/Kai Wun Tee
Taipei Open 2023 RO16 Summary
India’s top ranked men’s singles player HS Prannoy advanced to the quarter-finals of Taipei Open 2023 by defeating WR 95 and 2014 World Championships bronze medallist Tommy Sugiarto in straight games (21-9, 21-17). Prannoy is the lone Indian to progress to the quarter-finals with all the remaining players losing their respective RO16 matches.
After a long break, Parupalli Kashyap returned to the BWF circuit (came in as a last minute replacement for Kodai Naraoka). The former Commonwealth Games gold medallist started the tournament on a bright note winning the opening encounter but lost to Su Li Yang (16-21, 17-21).
In the women’s singles, Tanya Hemanth was no match for former World No.1 and home favourite Tai Tzu Ying. The top seed finished the match inside 30 minutes to storm into the quarters.
Later in the day, men’s second seed Chou Tien Chen lost a close battle to country mate Lin Chun-Yi in three games (19-21, 21-11, 15-21). Chen played out a three-game encounter in the opening round against Mithun Manjunath yesterday but couldn’t close off the RO16 match today. On the other hand, sixth seed Kanta Tsuneyama went down to Malaysia’s Yeoh Seng Zoe (19-21, 15-21).
In the quarter-finals, world ranked ninth HS Prannoy will be up against fifth seed from Hong Kong Angus Ka Long. The former holds a slight upper edge in head-to-head records winning six matches with the latter winning five.