International badminton tournament in Lucknow: PB Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Priyanshu Rajawat, Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto reached semi-finals – Lucknow News

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In men’s singles, top seed Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen and second seed Priyanshu Rajawat also reached the last four with their wins. Along with them, fifth seeded Indian pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto in men’s doubles and previous runners-up Indian pair of top seeds Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto have also been successful in making it to the last four. At the same time, second seeds Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand P., who had qualified for the BWF World Tour Finals in women’s doubles, also reached the semi-finals of women’s singles.

This picture is of Priyanshu Rajwat.

Competition continues for prize money of Rs 1 crore 80 lakh

Lakshya Sen registered an easy 21-8, 21-19 win against India’s Meisnam Luang Merba in the USD 2,10,000 prize money championship being played at the Yonex Sunrise Babu Banarasi Das Badminton Academy. Lakshya Sen faced some trouble in the second game. Against them, the opponent came back after 15 points and at one time it seemed that Lakshya would lose the game, but Lakshya won easily by playing excellent shots in the last moments. Lakshya will now face Japan’s Shogo Ogawa in the next round, who defeated eighth seed Ayush Shetty of India 21-7, 21-14.

The picture is of Ashwani Ponnappa and Tanisha.

PB Sindhu defeated China’s Dai Wang

In women’s singles, top seed PV Sindhu of India defeated Dai Wang of China 21-15, 21-17. Sindhu maintained her hold in both the sets of today’s match. PB Sindhu, ranked 18th in the world, played well against her 118th world ranked opponent from China. PB Sindhu will face India’s Unnati Hooda (Odisha Open 2022 winner) in the next round.

Who defeated Ishika Jaiswal of America 21-16, 21-9 in another match. In men’s singles, second seed Priyanshu Rajawat of India defeated Nguyen He Dang of Vietnam 21-13, 21-8. Priyanshu will now face fourth seed Jia Heng Jason Teoh of Singapore, who defeated India’s R. Sanjeevi Satish Kumar 21-10, 22-20, in the semi-finals.

This picture is of Lakshya Sen.

Indian players in semi-finals in doubles

In the mixed doubles quarterfinals, fifth seeds Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto of India defeated Lu Bing Kuo and Ho Lo Yi of Malaysia 21-16, 21-13. Tanisha Crasto, who partnered with Olympian Ashwini Ponnappa in the women’s doubles quarter-finals, defeated fifth-seeded compatriots Shruti Mishra and Priya Konjengbam 21-12, 17-21, 21-16. In the women’s doubles quarterfinals, second seeds Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand P., who have qualified for the BWF World Tour Finals, defeated sixth seeds Go Pei Ki and Teoh Mei Jing 21-8, 21-15.

Third seeded Thailand’s Benyappa Amsard and Nuntakarn Amsard defeated China’s Keng Shu Liang and Wang Ting Jie 21-12, 21-16 and China’s Bao Li Jing and Li Qian defeated fourth seeded India’s Rutuparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda 21-16. 9, defeated 21-4.