New Delhi, 8 January (H.S.): Indian badminton star HS Prannoy started his campaign with a win in the Malaysian Open 2025 on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Prannoy defeated Canada's Brian Yang 21-12, 17-21, 21-15. The match lasted for one hour and 29 minutes.
At the same time, the mixed doubles pair of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila started their campaign by defeating South Korea's Ko Sung-hyun and Eom Hye-ko 21-13, 21-14 in two consecutive games. The match lasted for 30 minutes.
Apart from this, talking about the women's singles competition, Malvika Bansod started her tournament with a bang, defeating Malaysia's Goh Jin Wei 2-15, 21-16.
Top Indian shuttler and Paris Olympics 2024 semifinalist Lakshya Sen suffered a straight-game defeat against Chi Yu-jen of Chinese Taipei on Tuesday.
The Indian badminton player, ranked 12th in the BWF rankings, lost 14-21, 7-21 against world number 32 shuttler Brian Yang of Canada in the men's singles round of 32 match.
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Thailand's Ornicha Jongsathapornparn and Sukita Suwachai 21-10, 21-10.
The Indian pair will take on world number four pair Zhang Shuxian and Jia Yifan of People's Republic of China in their next match.
Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar
