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  • Thailand Open: Carolina Marin, Viktor Axelsen win singles titles in Bangkok

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES Carolina Marin
    Spanish Olympic champion Carolina Marin and Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen received the ladies’s and males’s singles titles, respectively, on the Thailand Open Super 1000 badminton event in Bangkok on Sunday.
    Marin, 27, beat Chinese Taipei’s high seed Tai Tzu Ying in straight video games in an ominous show of type as she prepares to defend her Olympic title later within the 12 months in Tokyo. Tai was restricted to a single digit rating within the first recreation and whereas she fought onerous within the second, Marin ended up successful the match 21-9, 21-16.

    This was Marin’s seventh win in 16 conferences in opposition to Tai.

    Axelsen, in the meantime, recorded his second consecutive event win with a 21-14, 21-14 win over Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Long. Axelsen had earlier received the All England Open Championship in March.
    Indonesia’s Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu beat Thailand’s Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 21-15, 21-12 to win the ladies’s doubles remaining. Taiwan’s Lee Yang and Wang Chi-Lin beat Malaysia’s Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong 16-21, 23-21, 19-21 to win the boys’s doubles title.
    In the blended doubles, top-seeded Thai pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Sapsiree Taerattanachai beat Indonesia’s Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti 21-3, 20-22, 21-18.

  • Thailand Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Ashwini Ponnappa advance in blended doubles

    Image Source : GETTY IMAGES File picture of Ashwini Ponnappa (left) and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy.
    The Indian blended doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa on Tuesday superior to the second spherical of the Thailand Open following a hard-fought win over Indonesia’s Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

    Satwiksairaj and Ashwini defeated their Indonesian opponent 21-11, 27-29, 21-16 within the opening spherical contest which lasted one hour and 12 minutes.

    The Indian duo will subsequent face the Chinese pair of Chang Tak Ching and Ng Wing Yung for a spot within the quarterfinals.

    Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy have withdrawn from the event after testing constructive for Covid-19.

    “Two Indian players, Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy, have tested positive for Covid-19. Both players have withdrawn from the tournament and have been isolated in a hospital for a minimum of 10 days,” the Badminton Association of India (BAI) confirmed on their official Twitter deal with.

    “BAI is in constant touch with BWF, team management, players and organiser,” it added.

    Saina slated to tackle Kisona Selvaduray of Malaysia in her opening spherical contest on Tuesday who has now been given a walkover. Prannoy, then again, was slated to tackle Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in his opening spherical contest.

    Saina’s husband Parupalli Kashyap has additionally withdrawn from the event. Kashyap was to tackle Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada in his opening spherical contest. Jason has been given a walkover.