Prannoy stuns Rajiv Ouseph; Saina & Sindhu enter QF of Swiss GPG
IT WAS A HAPPY BIRTHDAY INDEED for World No. 6 Saina Nehwal who sealed a place in the quarter finals of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold. The top seed Indian defeated Kristina Gavnholt in straight games, 21-18, 21-17. Saina will now take on Sayaka Sato, currently World No 13, in her next game.
Thank u so much for the birthday cake Swiss open badminton championships ☺️☺️ pic.twitter.com/yMKgLsl7Qw
— Saina Nehwal (@NSaina) March 17, 2016
The Indian star dominates the head-to-head count against Sato with four wins in their five encounters.
PV Sindhu too registered a victory against Yu Po Pai, in straight games, 21-16, 21-16. She will now face He Bingjiao, who defeated Sindhu in the Indonesian Masters last year.
The star of the day, however, was HS Prannoy who stunned sixth seed Englishman Rajiv Ouseph 21-13, 21-18.
The 13th seeded Indian will now face the 16th seeded Thai shuttler Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in the quarters.
On the other hand, unseeded shuttlers Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma suffered defeats at the hands of the opponents. Praneeth was ousted by second seed Tien Chen Chou 19-21, 6-21 while Sameer was knocked out by Thai shuttler Tanongsak 15-21, 19-21.
