Phenomenal Prannoy!

Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy registered similar comefrombehind victories in their respective events to advance to the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on ThursdayThe highlight of the day was Prannoyrsquos stunning 1421 2119 2116 upset victory over Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Victor Axelsen in a tense one hour 11 minutes battle in the menrsquos singles second roundDown and out in the first game Prannoy made a sensational recovery to first level the match and then eke out a memorable win against the World No 2Victor AxelsenThis was Prannoyrsquos first victory in six attempts against Axelsen With the win the World No 32 Indian shuttler becomes the first player to beat the Dane in full a match since March In the womenrsquos singles reining world champion Sindhu who is seeded third took 47 minutes to record a 1721 217 2112 win over Spainrsquos Clara AzurmendiPlaying against the World No 47 Azurmendi for the first time Sindhu went down in the first game before putting up a dominant performance in the next two games to register a brilliant victorySindhu faces Yigit in QFThe twotime Olympic medallist will now lock horns with World No 30 unseeded Turkish shuttler Neslihan Yigit in the quarterfinals Sindhu has a 30 headtohead record against the TurkishOn the other hand former World No 1 Srikanth dispatched Indonesiarsquos sixth seed Jonatan Christie 1321 2118 2115 in one hour two minutes in the menrsquos singles second round fixtureThe unseeded Srikanth who had claimed the Indonesia Open Super Series premier in 2017 at Jakarta will take on Prannoy in the quarterfinals However it was curtains for young Lakshya Sen in the menrsquos singles event and the mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and N Sikki ReddySen 20 who had reached the semifinals at Hylo Open Super 500 and final of Dutch Open recently went down 1321 1921 to the top seed and twotime world champion Kento Momota of Japan in a 46minute clashSikkiKapila bow outKapila and Sikki on the other hand lost a hard fought 1521 2321 1821 battle to Thai duo of Supak Jomkoh and Supissara Paewsampran in the second round mixed doubles match Womenrsquos doubles pair of Ashwini Ponappa and Reddy also crashed out of the event in the second round to third seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 1821 1221Also View PHOTOS At 39 Yusuf Pathan is enjoying his time with wife Afreen and his familyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever