Indian Badminton Stars Shine: HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, and Satwik-Chirag Duo Storm into Japan Open Quarterfinals

Source: PTI

Tokyo, Jul 27 (PTI) India’s HS Prannoy prevailed in the match of compatriots after Lakshya Sen and the in-form men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty sailed into the quarterfinals of the Japan Open badminton here on Thursday.

The 21-year-old Birmingham Commonwealth Games gold medalist Sen advanced to the quarters with a convincing pre-quarterfinal 21-14, 21-16 win over Japanese shuttler Kanta Tsuneyama in straight sets.

Fresh from their triumph in the Korea Open, the Indian men’s doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj and Chirag too secured progress to the last-eight stage with their dominant win over the Danish pair of Lasse Molhede and Jeppe Bay.

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