Taipei Open 2023 Quarter-Finals Highlights: HS Prannoy knocked out

Hello and welcome to the Khel Now live blog for the Taipei Open 2023 quarter-finals! Stay tuned for live updates as players eye a place in the semis.

Taipei Open 2023 Quarter-Finals Schedule

Court 1

XD: Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei vs Yang Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling FangWS: Pornpicha Choeikeewong vs Pai Yu PoMS: Su Li Yang vs Yeoh Seng ZoeWS: Tai Tzu Ying vs Supanida KatethongMS: Wang Tzu Wei vs Lin Chun-YiMD: Jin Yong/Na Sung Seung vs Lin Chia Yu/Lin Yong ShengWD: Lee Yu Lim/Shin Seung Chan vs Hu Ling Fang/Lin Xiao Min

Court 2

WS: Sung Shuo Yun vs Pitchamon OpatniputXD: Hoo Pang Ron/Teoh Mei Xing vs Ye Hong Wei/Lee Chia HsinWS: Putri Kusuma Wardani vs Beiwen ZhangMD: Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi vs Fang-Chih Lee/Fang-Jen LeeMS: HS Prannoy vs Ng Ka Long AngusWD: Lui Lok Lok/Ng Wing Yung vs Hung En-Tzu/Lin Yu-PeiWD: 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 ShanXD: Chiu Hsiang Chieh/Lin Xiao Min vs Jafar HidayaTullah/Aisyah SalsabilaMS: Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo vs Kenta NishimotoWD: Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi vs Annie Xu/Kerry XuMD: Wei Chi Wei/Wu Guan Xun vs Lu Ching Yao/Yang Po HanMD: 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.