Orleans Masters 2025: Ayush reaches quarterfinals; Prannoy, Srikanth knocked out
Orleans Masters 2025: Ayush reaches quarterfinals; Prannoy, Srikanth knocked out
India’s Ayush Shetty followed his sensational straight-games win over former world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore with another convincing victory on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Orleans Masters, a BWF World Tour Super 300 event.
World No. 48 Ayush, the 2023 World Junior Championships bronze medallist, defeated Hong Kong’s Jason Gunawan 21-17, 21-17 in the second round. The Indian had stunned third seed Loh 21-17, 21-9 in the opening round to record one of the biggest wins of his career. He will next face Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke.
H. S. Prannoy, making his comeback after a long layoff due to illness, went down 21-18, 21-9 to second-seeded Taiwanese player Chun-Yi Lin. Kidambi Srikanth lost 21-11, 21-17 to top-seeded Malaysian and Paris Olympics bronze medallist Lee Zii Jia.
In mixed doubles, Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde gave walkover to the third-seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Po-Hsuan Yang and Ling Fang Hu.
Men’s doubles duo of Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and K. Sai Pratheek lost 21-16, 21-13 to the fourth-seeded Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Jhe Huei and Yang Po Hsuan.
Published on Mar 06, 2025
