Indian Shuttlers Bow Out of Singapore Open on Forgettable Day

The mixed doubles pair of India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa lost 21-14, 16-21, 21-14 to Hong Kong's seventh-seeded Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Chau Hoi Wah.

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Published: July 19, 2018, 8:28 PM IST

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The Indian badminton team, including its best bet Sourabh Verma, bowed out of the Singapore Open after a dismal outing on Thursday. Verma lost to Vietnam’s Tien Minh Nguyen 21-18, 15-21, and 11-21 in 56 minutes in a men’s singles match.

Rituparna Das was show the exit door by Yulia Yosephin Susanto of Indonesia 21-15, 13-21, and 16-21 in a women’s singles second round match.

The mixed doubles pair of India Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponappa lost 21-14, 16-21, and 21-14 to Hong Kong’s seventh-seeded Lee Chun Hei Reginald and Chau Hoi Wah.

Ruthvika Shivani succumbed 8-21 15-21 to Japanese fifth seed Sayaka Takahashi in another women’s singles second round match.

Subhankar Dey, too, lost in straight games to Chinese Taipei’s top seed Tien Chen Chou 13-21, 14-21.

The men’s doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded second, lost to China’s Ou Xuanyi and Xiangyu Ren 17-21, 18-21.