In the quarterfinals, the Indian badminton team defeated the top seeds from Japan, Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi. In the semifinals, they defeated Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho of South Korea by a score of 21-18, 21-14.
India's highest-ranked male shuttler in the tournament defeated China's Hu Zhe An in a three-set encounter, 21-18, 8-21, 21-16 in the quarterfinals. Sankar is now assured of a bronze medal.
The ace shuttler registered a win in the round of 32 matches against the Indonesian to advance into the round of 16 in the French Open badminton tournament.
Prannoy had to toil hard to register a win against the much lower-ranked opponent 21-16, 16-21, 21-16. China's Lu Guang Zu will be the next hurdle in the Indian shuttler's way.
Going into the match Sen was definitely the favourite, given his meteoric rise but was defeated by former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth 21-18, 21-18, improving his head-to-head record to 2-0. During the BWF World Championships 2021 semifinal match between the two Indian athletes, Srikanth imp
At the Denmark Open last week, Lakshya Sen advanced to the quarterfinals while Kidambi Srikanth was eliminated in the round of 16 after losing to former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore.