Singapore April 14 (IANS) Indian men s singles shuttler B. Sai Praneeth advanced to the semi-finals while the mixed doubles pair of B. Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lost in the quarter-finals of the $350 000 Singapore Open Superseries here on Friday.
Praneeth fought hard to get the better of Thai eighth seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 15-21 21-14 21-19 in an hour and 11 minutes at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.
Sumeeth-Ashwini couldn t mount a challenge against the Chinese third seeded pair of Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong who took only 27 minutes to win 21-11 21-8.
Later in the day P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will be in action.
--IANS
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Praneeth moves into semis, Sumeeth-Ashwini lose at Singapore Open
