5.40 pm: So that will the end of action for the round of 16 in Kuala Lumpur. A fighting defeat for Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly against the slightly higher ranked pairing of Stoeva sisters. Satwik-Chirag and HS Prannoy, however, made sure Indian fans had something to cheer for by reaching the quarterfinals. Both of them face tough tests, as they should, on Friday. Prannoy takes on arguably the most consistent rising star in men’s singles at the moment in Kodai Naraoka. SatChi will take on China’s Liu/Ou who sent the world champions out.
India’s QF matches on Friday:
MS: HS Prannoy vs Kodai Naraoka (12.30 pm IST, Court 2), H2H: 0-2 in favour of Naraoka
MD: Satwik-Chirag vs Liu-Ou (03.50 pm IST, Court 2), first meeting.
India’s round of 16 matches on Thursday:
WD: Stoeva sisters defeat Treesa-Gayatri 21-13, 15-21, 21-17
MS: HS Prannoy defeats Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 16-21
MD: Satwik-Chirag defeat Fikri-Bagas 21-19, 22-20
Men’s doubles round of 16: Incredible turnaround from Liu/Ou in the 2nd game as they bounce back from 3-12 down to win in straight games. The world champions and home favourites for MD are out, Liu/Ou vs Satwik/Chirag tomorrow.
Men’s doubles round of 16 Absolute thriller on Court 1 to decide SatChi’s opponents for tomorrow.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 20-22 Satwik-Chirag: Fikri/Maulana have struggled a bit for wins since their All England triumph as the tweet below mentions. But they honestly played really well today but just came up against a Indian pair that is one the rise.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 20-22 Satwik-Chirag: SATCHI WIN! Wonderful reflex from Chirag during the 20-20 rally off a net cord. And the Indians win that point and then convert their fifth match point on serve.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 20-20 Satwik-Chirag: Wow, all four match points saved. Bit of gamesmanship going on from both sides over the serve and return. Chirag nets the return.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 19-20 Satwik-Chirag: Well, well. Three match points have come and gone! Superb flat rally and it goes the INA pair’s way.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 18-20 Satwik-Chirag: A bit too eager at the net from Chirag and it is another match point saved by the Indonesians. Chirag wants the shuttle changed, no can do say their opponents.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 17-20 Satwik-Chirag: Ah, lovely return of serve. One match point saved by the Indonesians.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 16-20 Satwik-Chirag: Another fabulous rally and it ends with Chirag going for a body attack at the net. Match points for the Indians.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 16-19 Satwik-Chirag: Nice pressure from the Indians and they get the serve right back.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 16-18 Satwik-Chirag: Now then, INA close the gap down to 2.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 14-18 Satwik-Chirag: It’s a topsy-turvy phase in the game but that will not bother the Indians if they can keep picking up a point here and there.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 13-16 Satwik-Chirag: As the Indonesians try to close the gap, another aggressive point from the Indians to take a 3-point lead.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 11-14 Satwik-Chirag: And whatever Boe said at the break has worked like a charm so far. Five straight points post the mid-game interval.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 11-11 Satwik-Chirag: A case of two flick serves. One that Chirag read and one that the Indonesians didn’t from Satwik. Back level.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 11-9 Satwik-Chirag: A run of three points for the All England champs sees them take a 2-point lead into the interval.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 8-9 Satwik-Chirag: Applause from Boe as the Indians sneak back into the lead.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 7-7 Satwik-Chirag: Solid attacking point by the Indian as we say that.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 6-6 Satwik-Chirag: Still level here but the Indians are just starting to look like they are reacting more than dictating.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 5-5 Satwik-Chirag: Just furious again. Superb defence from the Indonesians but the relentlessness from Satwik pays off.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21, 3-4 Satwik-Chirag: Good start to the 2nd game as well. Clearly the Indonesians are trying to keep the exchanges as flat as possible, the moment the Indians get height, they pounce on it. Satwik with a booming smash there.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-21 Satwik-Chirag: Game, SatChi. Phew. That was a breathtaking finish. Superb from the Indians to hold their nerve. Satwik with a smart serve and the eager Indonesians send the shuttle long.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-20 Satwik-Chirag: Brilliant rally again, this time Chirag closes it out with a body attack from the net, Game point.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 19-19 Satwik-Chirag: Wow!!! That is a breathtaking rally. Stunning from all four players. Great movement and rotation and the point goes to INA finally. (Remember this point...)
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 18-18 Satwik-Chirag: Well, much-needed that for the Indians. A good service return by Chirag and the serve returns to them.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 18-17 Satwik-Chirag: What a run of points! From 11-16 down, the Indonesians go 18-17 up.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 17-17 Satwik-Chirag: More terrific badminton.The Indonesians have made the gap one after a furious rally. The Indians, as they tend to do at times like this, just slowing things down a bit... but soon enough we are all level.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 14-16 Satwik-Chirag: The gap is down to three now, Satwik with an error at the front court. Make that two... what a fantastic rally from all four players. Stunning MD badminton. Chirag’s big dive at the end not enough to keep the rally going.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 11-16 Satwik-Chirag: The Indians starting to pull away, a five-point lead now. Chirag great at the front court so far, Satwik has put away some big smashes too.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 11-14 Satwik-Chirag: The biggest lead of the match so far as Chirag-Satwik go ahead 14-10 but the Indonesians respond with a good aggressive point.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 8-11 Satwik-Chirag: The Indians take a 3-point lead into the interval on a run of five straight points. Superb contest so far.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 8-9 Satwik-Chirag: The Indonesians edged ahead by a couple of points and it is the Indians turn to catch up at 8 all. A superb flat exchange follows that sees an over-eager kill shot go long from the INA pair.
Update: Prannoy vs Naraoka tomorrow, should be a cracker.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana 6-6 Satwik-Chirag: Fast and furious start to the match as you’d expect. 12 points played out in 5 mins and we are all level.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Fikri-Maulana vs Satwik-Chirag: We are underway on Court 3.
Men’s doubles round of 16, Muhammad Shohibul Fikri-Bagas Maulana vs Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty: Time for the second India-Indonesia battle for the day. A third meeting between Sat-Chi and the reigning All England champions.
Time for Satwik-Chirag’s match.
3.36 pm: Wow, Kodai Naraoka has gone from 15-19 down in the second game to force the decider against Ng Tze Yong. Is he about to knockout another home shuttler?
3.08 pm: HS Prannoy will be playing the winner of this match on Court 2:
3.00 pm: An impressive win this for Blichfeldt. One more doubles match after this on Court 3 before Satwik-Chirag.
Two matches left after this on court 3 for Satwik-Chirag.
Satwik-Chirag will be in action on Court 3 at the very end of the schedule today, so we will take bit of a break. In the meantime, check out our Hockey World Cup coverage here.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 16-21 HS Prannoy: The start to the deciding game was so crucial and when Prannoy did well in that phase of play, he would have been confident of finishing this off. A solid win and he moves into the quarterfinal in Kuala Lumpur.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 16-20 HS Prannoy: Terrific drop shot from Chico to save a 2nd match point.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 15-20 HS Prannoy: Match points for Prannoy as Chico misjudges the drift. The Indonesian saves one.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 14-19 HS Prannoy: Just when Chico was trying to close the gap, a nice straight smash by Prannoy.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 13-18 HS Prannoy: Great judgement at the backcourt by Prannoy and that’s followed by a wild miss from Chico. Finish line in sight for the Indian now. A quiet fist-pump by Chico as he gets the serve back.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 10-15 HS Prannoy: Prannoy staying in the lead here after the change of end too. Seems to have used the 2nd game to figure out how to play from the far side. Two lovely crosscourt smashes in this run of points either side of Chico. Nearly a great backhand block that landed in too.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 6-11 HS Prannoy: Solid five-point cushion for Prannoy as he wrong-foots Chico with his smash.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 6-10 HS Prannoy: Looked like Prannoy might take a handy lead into the change of ends but Chico is chipping away at it from 4-10 down.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 4-7 HS Prannoy: There’s a phase of play to perhaps show luck sometimes evens out. The net chord favouring Chico one point and Prannoy next.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 4-6 HS Prannoy: This is going tighter than Prannoy would like.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 1-4 HS Prannoy: Three straight ‘come-ons’ from Prannoy as he opens up a decent lead. Chico loses a review in there too.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15, 1-2 HS Prannoy: The start to the decider is going to be so crucial for Prannoy. And he knows it evidently as he lets out a big roar as Chico sends a smash wide. He is going to need every bit of cushion he can possibly take to the far side.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 21-15 HS Prannoy: There’s a good review (and a bad line call) as Chico clinches the second game to force the decider.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 20-15 HS Prannoy: There’s a handful game points for Chico, Prannoy saves one with a lucky sot off the frame that lands in.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 17-13 HS Prannoy: The radar in HSP’s head working well for challenges! Another good review there. Follows that up with an aggressive point, and the lead is down to 4 for Chico.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 17-11 HS Prannoy: TTY-esque reverse slice from Chico catches Prannoy off guard.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 16-10 HS Prannoy: This is now a very handy lead for Chico.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 14-10 HS Prannoy: The rally of the match so far! Terrific movement from both players, Prannoy tries a superb crosscourt flick at the net too, but the point to Chico at the end as Prannoy sends one just wide. The Indian nails a straight smash next up to get the serve back.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 13-9 HS Prannoy: The inside-out crosscourt smash from Chico has worked really for him in this game. Prannoy seemingly slowing things down a bit between points now.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 12-7 HS Prannoy: There’s another mishit from Chico, not for the first time today completely misses the flight of the shuttle it seemed. But a lovely rally follows with both players pushing each other back and Chico finally finding the winner.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 11-5 HS Prannoy: That’s a very encouraging sequence of points for Chico. The commentators reckon he has moved his average position a little closer to the net and it’s helping him attack more.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 10-5 HS Prannoy: Terrific defence from Prannoy but the point still goes to Chico as a lift goes long.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 7-4 HS Prannoy: Nice straight smash from Prannoy, sets up a good kill at the net.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 7-3 HS Prannoy: Now Prannoy having difficulties controlling the shuttle at the net. Then Chico has a massive mishit that falls on the service line of his own side. A gift for HSP.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 6-2 HS Prannoy: Nice little run for Chico here. A superb rally that saw a lovely series of shots exchanged at the net from both men. And an error from Prannoy next.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21, 2-2 HS Prannoy: Couple of fist-pumps at the start of the second game for the Indonesian. He needs a good start here from the near side. Prannoy responds with a lovely inside-out smash and a mini fist-pump himself. Follows that up with a body smash.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-21 HS Prannoy: It seemed like it could be a close game from the opening exchanges but from 6-5, Prannoy just ran away with it. Chico just had a streak of four points in the middle, all Prannoy otherwise.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-20 HS Prannoy: 11 game points for Prannoy.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 9-17 HS Prannoy: Discussion on drift in the arena by the commentators and they seem to think that conditions are a bit different from yesterday. I couldn’t make it out from the broadcast but I can imagine how hard it must be for players to adapt. PRannoy with a good challenge after Chico’s crosscourt went long.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 5-15 HS Prannoy: Prannoy is running away with this. Chico hasn’t had a handle on the conditions yet clearly. Misjudged a few at the back-court.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 5-11 HS Prannoy: Five straight points. Good lead at the interval. Prannoy leads 11-5 at the first game interval. He’s dictating play and moving Wardoyo around nicely.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 5-7 HS Prannoy: Prannoy has started well but it clearly has the makings of a close contest. Chico is fast on court and has solid counterpunching skills and Prannoy is capable of playing some fine attacking play. The key here is going to be controlling errors in tough conditions. A fabulous rally for the 12th point goes to Prannoy with a nice push to the backcourt setting up and the first big roar of the day.
Men’s singles, round of 16 Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo vs Prannoy HS: Can Prannoy follow up his win against Lakshya Sen with another one today? He takes on world No 19 Wardoyo from Indonesia. This is their 2nd meeting and the first came in 2018, that Wardoyo won at Syed Modi 2018.
Prannoy’s match about to start on Court 1.
Women’s singles: Marin, who prevailed against Sindhu in three games, gets past Chochuwong in two today.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 21-17 Treesa-Gayatri: Fun match. And one that showed why Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly hold so much promise but also a reminder that they’d need to work on closing out matches. Hopefully that is just a matter of time for the 19-year-olds.
Still to come: HS Prannoy vs Chico Dwi Wardoyo (2 matches left on Court 2 still) and Satwik-Chirag with All England champs (last match on Court 3)
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 21-17 Treesa-Gayatri: The sisters from Bulgaria clinch the match at the first time of asking. A lovely battle in the end but the closing out of tight games is something the Indian youngsters will have to work on. In the end, however another display of their promise and potential. Terrific fight against the world No 14 pair.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 20-17 Treesa-Gayatri: Backhand error from Treesa and three match points.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 19-17 Treesa-Gayatri: Big roar there as Treesa nails a smash down the middle.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 19-16 Treesa-Gayatri: 65-shot RALLY! Stunning patience from both pairs to move their opponents around but the Indians got visibly tired as it went on and in the end Gayatri sends a backhand long. She is bent double.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 18-16 Treesa-Gayatri: Nice deception by Gayatri forces the error. Two-point game now.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 18-15 Treesa-Gayatri: There is a window of chance. An error from Stefani and quiet fist-pumps by the Indians.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 18-14 Treesa-Gayatri: Things have just slipped away.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 17-14 Treesa-Gayatri: The Indian youngsters have had closing issues in the past. And it looks like that might come back to haunt them here. A 38-shot rally goes to the Bulgarians.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 16-14 Treesa-Gayatri: The first 2-point lead in a while. We saw 10-10, 11-11, 12-12, 13-13, 14-14.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 14-14 Treesa-Gayatri: The Indians inch ahead into the lead but the Stoevas quickly level it up again.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 12-12 Treesa-Gayatri: Big roar from Treesa and we are all level again.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 11-10 Treesa-Gayatri: Gayatri with a wayward return of serve and it gives the sisters the lead at the final change of ends but that little run of points from 6-10 down could be critical in this match for the Indians.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 10-10 Treesa-Gayatri: Great defending from the Indians and we are back level!
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 10-8 Treesa-Gayatri: Gabriela gets the elder sister stare from Stefani after an error at the net.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 10-7 Treesa-Gayatri: Gabriela took over at the net and another good point for the Bulgarians. The Indians halt the momentum with a patient exchange that they controlled.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 9-6 Treesa-Gayatri: And five straight points for the sisters.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 7-6 Treesa-Gayatri: A good little run for the Stoeva sisters.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 4-6 Treesa-Gayatri: A 41-shot rally and it goes the Indians’ way! They are showing they can hang in there too in a rally and in the end the error comes from Stefani on the back of a good smash by GG.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21, 3-5 Treesa-Gayatri: The momentum is with the Indians and any sort of ground they can gain in the first half of the decider will be handy. A rare error at the net from Gayatri, but the Indians are in the lead for now.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-21 Treesa-Gayatri: Terrific second half to the second game from the Indians. they force the decider.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 15-20 Treesa-Gayatri: Sensational turnaround from the Indians. Boe asks Treesa to calm down a bit there but she is in such a zone at the moment. Gayatri is setting up points with her drops and slices and she is killing it off.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 14-17 Treesa-Gayatri: Superb run of points for the Indians here. Five straight points and Treesa has taken over proceedings.
The top seeds are safely (and dominantly) through and await the winner of this match.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 14-12 Treesa-Gayatri: Superb from the Indians to show the patience in a long rally to prevail. But every time they close in, the Stoevas pull ahead.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 11-9 Treesa-Gayatri: Sisters pull things back after a good phase for the Indians to take a 2-point lead into the interval.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 9-9 Treesa-Gayatri: Super attack again from the Indians, combining Gayatri’s deception at net and Treesa’s power from backcourt. Applause from Boe and Vishnu. Next up, we are level.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 8-7 Treesa-Gayatri: Some wonderful deception on display from both Gayatri and Treesa. They are also upping the pace every chance they get.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13, 4-4 Treesa-Gayatri: That’s an aggressive start by the Indians to the second game. Flatter exchanges definitely favouring them more.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 21-13 Treesa-Gayatri: The Bulgarians take the opening game and to be honest, the scoreline is a bit non-reflective of how the Indians have played. Sure, they did more errors but Treesa-Gayatri competed well and just need to control the shuttle a bit better to make this a closer contest. Maybe that will happen from the far end for them? Mathias Boe and SR Arun Vishnu on the coaching chair having some words in the break.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 20-11 Treesa-Gayatri: Another long rally and it is a stunning forehand block from Stefani Stoeva to win the point.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 19-11 Treesa-Gayatri: A rare long rally that goes the Indians’ way. The error comes for the Stoevas for a change after a patient exchange.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 19-10 Treesa-Gayatri: Another long rally that goes the Bulgarians’ way. Terrific patience and then in the end, a smart crosscourt at the net.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 16-9 Treesa-Gayatri: And the experience from Stoevas shining through as they weather the little storm and retake a big lead.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 12-9 Treesa-Gayatri: A superb start post-interval by the Indians. They have come out attacking... trying to take the shuttle early at the net, for starters. Treesa too going all out attack with her smashes.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 8-3 Treesa-Gayatri: Another long rally there and ultimately the Bulgarians lead 11-4 at the interval. Definitely been closer than the scoreline suggests
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 8-3 Treesa-Gayatri: 96 shot rally! Fantastic patience from both pairs in that marathon exchange. The Indians did look for more attacking options, especially Treesa and it finally payw off.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani 6-0 Treesa-Gayatri: The Bulgarians have started the match solidly, some good rallies already but the errors have come from the Indians to close points. Patience, as ever in WD, is going to be key. The sisters are pulling off some lovely change of pace winners.
Women’s doubles R16, Gabriela-Stefani vs Treesa-Gayatri: This is the pair’s first meeting. It should have been, on paper, Treesa-Gayatri vs a familiar pair in Tan-Thinaah but the Stoeva sisters, former top 8, pulled off a big win against the home favourites. So this promises to be a good one.
Women’s doubles round of 16, Gabriela Stoeva-Stefani Stoeva vs Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullela: Time for women’s doubles to get things going. World No 14 Stoeva sisters taking on India’s 19-year-old pairing.
Hello all and welcome to the live coverage of the 2023 badminton season. It’s day three at the Malaysia Open Super 1000 in Kuala Lumpur.
Three matches featuring Indians to look forward today in the round of 16.
India’s round of 16 matches on Thursday:
WD: Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand vs Stoeva sisters (approx. 8.20 am)
MS: HS Prannoy vs Dwi Wardoyo (approx. 1140 am)
MD: Satwik-Chirag vs Fikri-Maulana (approx 3.10 pm)
Recap of Indian results on Wednesday:
Men’s singles round of 32, HS Prannoy 22-24, 21-12, 21-18 Lakshya Sen
Women’s singles round of 32, Carolina Marin 21-12, 10-21 21-15 PV Sindhu
Men’s doubles round of 32, Choi-Kim 16-21, 13-21 Satwik-Chirag
Women’s singles round of 32, Malvika Bansod 9-21 13-21 An Se Young
Women’s doubles round of 32, Shikha-Ashwini 10-21, 12-21 Paewsampran-Supajirakul
Screenshots in the blog courtesy BWF / Viacom 18 / Tournament Software