Sindhu upsets former world no. 1 Shixian Wang of China in Taipei
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World
number 16 Sindhu, who is the lone Indian woman in the fray in the
absence of star compatriot Saina Nehwal, came back from a game down to
win 15-21 21-14 22-20 in a tense contest.
It
took the unseeded Indian an hour and two minutes to overcome the
current world No. 6 Chinese in what was their first-ever encounter.
Sindhu will take on seventh seed Eriko Hirose of Japan in the last-eight stage of the competition.
The
17-year-old Hyderabadi, who has earned the reputation of being a
giant-killer, turned out to be more aggressive than her fancied opponent
as she went on to hit 14 smash winners as opposed to the 10 hit by the
third seeded Wang.
However,
India's campaign ended at the men's singles event after world no. 7
Parupalli Kashyap lost his third round match to Huan Gao of China.
The 15th seeded Chinese outplayed Kashyap, seeded fourth, 21-19 21-15 in 50 minutes.
Earlier in the day, Kashyap had won his second round match against Han Chou Chu of Taipei 21-17 21-19 in 31 minutes.
Sai
Praneeth, meanwhile, failed to cross the second round hurdle, going
down 15-21 16-21 to sixth seeded Zhengming Wang in 36 minutes.
It was a disappointing show by the Indians in the doubles category as well.
The
doubles women's pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Pradnya Gadre lost the
second round match against Lok Yan Poon and Ying Suet Tse of Hong Kong
15-21 11-21 in just 26 minutes.
On
Wednesday, all other Indian combinations in men's, women's and mixed
doubles categories had already lost their respective first round ties
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