Kashyap, Tanya Hemanth, Rohan Kapoor-Sikki Reddy eliminated by Taipei Open
Published Date – Thu 23/22 at 7:45pm
Taipei: India’s mixed performance continues at the 2023 Taipei Open, with top singles star HS Prannoy advancing to the quarter-finals, while former Commonwealth Games gold medalist Parupalli Kashyap and women’s singles Tanya Hemanth was eliminated in the second round on Thursday.
Mixed doubles duo Rohan Kapoor and Siki Reddy were also out in the second round, losing to a local pair on Thursday. In the men’s singles round of 16, Pranoi beat Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto 21-9, 21-17 in 36 minutes, while Kashyap was in the second round of the men’s singles round of 16 Lost to Chinese Taipei player Li Yangsu 21-16, 21-17. Court No. 1 of Tianmu Gymnasium.
In women’s singles, Tanya Hermans lost to world No. 4 top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei 21-11, 21-6 in 29 minutes. Tanya defeated Hungary’s Agnes Korosi 21-7, 21-17 in the first round. In the mixed doubles match, Rohan Kapoor/Siki Reddy lost 21-13, 21-18 to local pair Xiang Jianzhao/Lin Xiaomin in just 29 minutes.
In the match against Sugiarto on Court No. 2, Pranoy defeated Chinese Taipei player Yu Xianlin 21-11, 21-10 in the first round, taking a 2-1 lead by 7 points and opening up the lead. He quickly extended the score to 11-2.
After 13-3, he continued to maintain his advantage and won 21-9. Sugiarto attacked in the second game, leading 5-1. He extended the lead to 8-2 before Prannoy fought back to cut it to 10-7.
He continued to catch up and finally caught up with Sugiarto with 15 draws. India, ranked No. 9 in the world, scored 4 points in a row 17-17, won the second game 21-17, and advanced to the quarterfinals. Against Li Yangsu, Kashyap led 3-2, but was overtaken by his opponent 7-7, and Li Yang led 12-7.
After falling behind 9-14, Kashyap fought back and narrowed the gap to 14-15 before the Chinese Taipei star came back to win the game 21-16. The Chinese Taipei team led 5-1 in the second game, and Kashyap chased the gap to 7-8. Kashyap tied the score to 12, and then the opponent scored 4 points to chase the score to 16-12.
Kashyap once again narrowed the point difference to 16-15, and every point must be contested, but the Chinese Taipei player finally won the second game 21-17, securing the top eight seats.
