April 10, 2015 by admin

Prannoy stuns No. 2 Jorgensen, again

New Delhi, Parupalli Kashyap advanced to the quarterfinals of Singapore Open but it was HS Prannoy, who hogged the limelight today with his straight-game demolition of world No. 2 Jan O Jorgensen in the men’s singles competition.
Kashyap staved off the challenge of fourth seed Son Wan Ho of Korea 21-15 22-20, before Prannoy scripted another giant-killing act of sending Denmark’s Jorgensen out of the tournament for the second time on a trot.
Prannoy, who had defeated Jorgensen at the India Super Series in last month, notched up a 21-16 21-8 win over the second seed to reach the quarters. The Indian had beaten the Dane at the Japan Open in 2013 as well.
Kashyap will next take on France’s Brice Leverdez, who saw off another Dane Hans-Kristian Vittinghun 21-13 19-21 21-18 during his prequarterfinal match. Prannoy, on the other hand, will clash with world No. 10 Kento Momota of Japan tomorrow.
However, Kidambi Srikanth suffered a 15-21 20-22 loss to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in another match. Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa lost to Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang (F) of China, going down fighting 22-24 18-21.