Erratic Lakshya crashes out; Prannoy’s match halted as a consequence of leaking roof

An inconsistent Lakshya Sen faltered in his opening match, whereas H.S. Prannoy endured a irritating begin to the season-opening Malaysia Tremendous 100 badminton event as his opener towards Canada’s Brian Yang was suspended halfway as a consequence of a leaking roof on the Axiata Area on Tuesday (January 7, 2024).

Lakshya, coming off a title win on the Syed Modi Worldwide in Lucknow and a third-place end on the King Cup Worldwide, failed to duplicate his current type and succumbed to Chi Yu-jen of Chinese language Taipei, dropping 14-21, 7-21.

The Indian shuttler’s recreation was riddled with unforced errors, leaving him with little probability towards the 27-year-old.

Prannoy, returning to motion after the Paris Olympics, was main 21-12, 6-3 when rainwater started seeping by way of the roof, forcing play to be stopped on Courtroom 3 about 25 minutes into the match.

After a delay of over an hour, play resumed round 4:15 PM, however the match was halted once more because the leak continued.

Yang was main 11-9 within the second recreation when officers determined to droop the match, which is able to now resume on Wednesday with the rating studying 21-12, Sep 11.

“Performed for 25 min, took a break for 165 min due to Rain after which once more performed for five extra minutes. Shall proceed taking part in the identical match tomorrow,” Prannoy wrote on his ‘X’ web page.

Prannoy had raised the problem with the chair umpire after water began pooling on the left entrance part of the courtroom. Organisers inspected the world, resulting in the suspension of the match.

Matches on Courtroom 2 have been additionally stopped for a similar purpose, whereas Courtroom 1 remained operational.

In weird scenes, organisers have been seen utilizing white towels to dry the courts.

Treesa-Gayatri pair makes pre-quarters

Earlier within the day, India’s ladies’s doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand simply overcame Ornnicha Jongsathapornparn and Sukitta Suwachai, beating the Thai pair in straight video games within the opening spherical.

The Indian pair, seeded sixth right here, gained 21-10, 21-10 in simply half-hour to safe a spot within the spherical of 16.

On a excessive following their success within the Syed Modi Worldwide Tremendous 300 event in Lucknow, Treesa and Gayatri confronted little problem from the unseeded Thai pair taking a 17-8 lead very quickly.

The second recreation noticed the Thai pair go neck-and-neck until 8-all earlier than Treesa and Gayatri ran away with the sport and the match.