Sports News | Canada Open: Priyanshu, Treesa-Gayatri Reach Quarterfinals
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Calgary [Canada], July 5 (ANI): Young Indian shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat marched into the quarterfinals of the ongoing Canada Open badminton tournament on Friday.
In the pre-quarters game, he defeated the world number 33 shuttler Takuma Obayashi of Japan by 21-19, 21-11 in two straight sets in a game that lasted 38 minutes.
In the quarterfinals, Priyanshu's next opponent will be Anders Antonsen, the world number four shuttler and the top-seed.
Also, in the women's doubles competition, the pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand marched into the quarterfinals.
In their pre-quarters, Natasja P Anthonisen of Denmark and Alyssa Tirtosentono of Netherlands by 21-13 and 21-14.
Treesa and Gayatri's next opponents will be the Chinese Taipei pair of Hsieh Pei Shan and Hung En-Tzu.
However, India did not have a really fine outing in the women's singles,, as Anupama Upadhyaya and Tanya Hemanth lost in pre-quarters. Anupama lost to Canada's Michelle Li by 14-21, 21-17, 13-21.
On the other hand, Tanya lost to Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan by 21-11, 21-13 in the round two.
The Canada Open started in Calgary from July 2 onwards and will be held till July 7. (ANI)
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