Singapore
The Indian campaign in the Singapore Open ended as all shuttlers crashed out in the pre-quarter finals here July 19.
Sourabh Verma lost to Vietnam’s Tien Minh Nguyen 21-18, 15-21, 11-21 in the men’s singles match which lasted 56 minutes while Subhankar Dey, too, lost to Chinese Taipei’s top dog Tien Chen Chou 13-21, 14-21.
In the women’s singles category, Rituparna Das was beaten by Yulia Yosephin Susanto of Indonesia 21-15 13-21 16-21, while Ruthvika Shivani was beaten 8-21, 15-21 by Japanese fifth seed Sayaka Takahashi
The mixed doubles pair of India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa also bit the dust as they lost 14-21, 21-16, 14-21 to Honng Kong’s Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Chau Hoi Wah. Other Indian pair Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy were also beaten by Hong Kong’s Chand Tak Ching and Wing Yung.
In the men’s doubles category, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out, losing out to China’s Ou Xuanyi and Xiangyu Ren 17-21, 18-21.
