Sameer Verma Exits Manjunath Rajawat Progress in Orleans Masters
Orleans (France), Apr 5 (PTI) India's Sameer Verma crashed out in the opening round even as Mithun Manjunath and Priyanshu Rajawat progressed to the men's singles second round of the Orleans Masters badminton tournament here on Wednesday. Verma squandered a game lead to lose 19-21, 21-19, 21-17 against Ireland's Nhat Nguyen. Also Read | Manchester United vs Brentford, Premier League 2022-23 Free Live Streaming Online: How To Watch EPL Match Live Telecast on TV & Football Score Updates in IST?. In other first-round men's singles matches, India's Manjunath defeated higher-ranked Victor Svendsen of Denmark 24-22, 25-23 while Rajawat beat compatriot Kiran George 21-18, 21-13. Manjunath will play Taipei's Yu Jen, who was lucky to progress after fifth seed Rasmus Gemke retired in the second game after pocketing the first. Also Read | IPL 2023 Rajasthan Royals vs Punjab Kings Free Live Streaming Online on JioCinema: Get TV Channel Telecast Details of RR vs PBKS T20 Cricket Match on Star Sports. Rajawat, on the other hand, will be up against top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan. Nishimoto prevailed over Taipei's Chia Hao Lee 21-18, 21-11. B Sai Praneeth will open his men's singles campaign against Malaysia's Jun Hao Leong later in the day. In women's singles, Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal will play Turkish qualifier Neslihan Yigit in the opening round. Four other Indian female shuttlers -- Ashmita Chahliya, Tasnim Mir, Aakarshi Kashyap and Tanya Hemanth -- will also be seen in action on Wednesday. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 10:32 am