Highlights Indonesia SSP, badminton scores and updates: Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy through to the pre-quarters; Lin Dan, Sai Praneeth bow out
Catch all the live scores and updates from the 2017 BCA Indonesia Superseries Premier where Kidambi Srikanth, B Sai Praneeth, Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy are among the Indians in action
 "Highlights Indonesia SSP, badminton scores and updates: Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy through to the pre-quarters; Lin Dan, Sai Praneeth bow out")
That’s all folks! It was a mixed day at the office for Indian shuttlers as in singles HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth booked a place in the pre-quarters of the men’s singles, while Sai Praneeth was unlucky to have not made the cut. The Indian campaign came to a close in the doubles and mixed doubles event.
We will be back tomorrow with our live coverage of the second round of men’s and women’s singles HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will be in action. Hope you enjoyed our blog. See you tomorrow!
Time for the last match of Day 1,
In the final Men’s singles match of the day, sixth seeded Chou Tien Chen from Chinese Taipei pulled off a win over Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-19 21-12.
In the final Men’s Doubles match of the day, the unseeded pair of Bodin Isara and Nipitphon Phuangphuapet from Thailand defeated the unseeded Indonesian pair of Calvin Kristanto and Bagas Maulana 21-13 21-12
In the Men’s doubles event, the second seeded pair of Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen from Denmark have defeated the unseeded pair of Berry Angriawan and Hardianto Hardianto from Indonesia 21-18 21-23 21-15
In another men’s singles match between two unseeded players, Denmark’s Anders Antonsen edged past Hong Kong’s Hu Yun 21-10 21-19
Fourth seeded Dane Jan O Jorgensen defeated French shuttler Brice Leverdez 21-16 21-18 in a Men’s Singles match
A splendid come from behind win for @srikidambi over Wong Wing Ki Vincent. Wins 21-15, 17-21, 21-16 to move into #IndonesiaSSP pre-quarters pic.twitter.com/704oHh3USf
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 14, 2017
That’s it! Kidambi Srikanth is through to the pre-quarters with a fiercely fought 21-15, 17-21, 21-16 win over Wong Wing Ki Vincent. That was one rollercoaster of a match.
Kidambi Srikanth holds on to his nerves to come out victorious in the decider.
Srikanth wins the match 21-15 17-21 21-16 against Hongkong’s Wong Wing ki Vincent
Kidambi Srikanth is on match point against Wing ki Vincent
Kidambi Srikanth is upping the ante to lead 18-14 in the decider
The scores are tied at 14-14. An edge-of-the-seat decider
This is a nail-biter indeed! Who'll hold on to their nerves? Srikanth or Wong Ki Vincent? #IndonesiaSSP pic.twitter.com/r1O3JtlleI
— Premier Badminton League (@PBLIndiaLive) June 14, 2017
It is Wing ki VIncent’s turn to be up the see-saw as he leads Kidambi Srikanth 11-9 in the decider
Third game between Kidambi Srikanth and Vincent is going as close as it can get with scores being 9-9
Shock! Lin Dan suffers a first-round exit at the hands of Tzu Wei Wang. The final score reads 21-16 21-18
Lin Dan is unable to pull it through as Chinese Taipei’s Tzu Wei Wang wins the second game 21-18.
Lin Dan fights back to stay in the game. Trails Wang by 18-19.
Kidambi Srikanth goes down fighting as Vincent clinches the game 21-17 . Score is tied 1-1
Wang is on the way to create a major upset in the tournament. Leads Lin Dan 19-10
Vincent’s lead has been reduced to 16-13. Kidambi Srikanth is fighting back.
Vincent has the upper hand in the second game leading 12-7 over Kidambi Srikanth
Wang maintains a healthy 10-5 lead over seventh seed Lin Dan
Wong Wing Ki Vincent races to a 7-3 lead over Kidambi Srikanth in the second game
Relentless @srikidambi clinches the opening game 21-15 against Wong Wing Ki Vincent. Dominating start! #IndonesiaSSP
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 14, 2017
Meanwhile India’s Kidambi Srikanth seizes the first game 21-15 to go 1-0.
Lin Dan loses the first game 16-21 against Chinese Taipei’s Tzu Wei Wang
Kidambi increases the lead to 17-11 against Vincent in the first game
A tight game as Kidambi maintains a narrow lead of 11-9 against the Hongkong shuttler
Kidambi Srikanth takes center stage against Wong Wing Ki Vincent. Last Indian shuttler for the day. #IndonesiaSSP
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 14, 2017
In the last India match for the day, Kidambi Srikanth is up against Hongkong’s Wong Wing Ki Vincent
2-time Olympic champion and seventh seeded China’s Lin Dan takes on Chinese Taipei’s Tzu Wei Wang
Meanwhile in the Men’s singles competition, fifth seeded Shi Yuqi from Malaysia breezed past Korea’s unseeded Lee Hyun Il 21-18 21-12
Fifth seeds in the Women’s doubles competition, China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan have beaten Malaysia’s Chow Mei Kuan and Lee Meng Yean 22-20 13-21 21-14 in a 68 minute encounter
SHOCK! Viktor Axelsen suffers first round exit at hands of Emil Holst. He lost 12-21, 21-12, 17-21.
Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy lose to Diana Pitriani-Nadya Melati 21-19, 19-21, 13-21 to bow out of Indonesia Super Series Premier
Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy trail 8-4 in the decider
Elsewhere Victor Axelsen’s match against fellow countryman Emil Holst is into a third game after Holst won the first game 21-12, while Axelsen took the second game by the same margin. In the third game, it’s currently 8-8. Nothing to chose between the two Danes
Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy lose second game. The match goes into a deciding third set
Ashwini and Sikki start off well in the second game. Leading 5-2 against Fitriani and Melati. Keep going strong! #IndonesiaSSP
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 14, 2017
Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy win opening game against Dian Fitriani and Nadya Melati by 21-19
Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy win opening game against Dian Fitriani and Nadya Melati by 21-19
Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy in women’s doubles action for India now.
B Sai Praneeth bows out of the Indonesia Open with 14-21, 18-21 defeat against Son Wan Ho. His good streak is broken
That’s it! HS Prannoy through the the second round with 21-13, 21-18 win over Anthony Ginting. Good start after his comeback
19-17! What a turnaround from Prannoy who's now just two points away from victory#IndonesiaSSP
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) June 14, 2017
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17-17! Prannoy fighting back in the second game. Can he maintain the momentum and take the match in straight games?
HS Prannoy wins first game against Anthony Ginting 21-13, but trails 17-12 in the second game. B Sai Praneeth has lost his first game against San Wan Ho by 21-14 and is currently level at 11-11 in the second game. Tight encounters in progress
Coming back from a break, HS Prannoy is up against Anthony Ginting in his first round match of #IndonesiaSSP
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 14, 2017
Lee Chong Wei survives a scare against Tommy Sugiarto who played like a warrior but ended up losing 21-13, 10-21, 18-21. #IndonesiaSSP
— Premier Badminton League (@PBLIndiaLive) June 14, 2017
Meanwhile, top seeded Malaysian Lee Chong Wei has been made to sweat to go past Indonesia’s Tommy Sugiarto 13-21, 21-10, 21-18 in his opener.
All set for our first match against Indonesia can't wait to get onto the court💪✌️... IST : 2:40pm GO 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 let's do it 💪✌️😊@P9Ashwini pic.twitter.com/O3BUvSrKZu
— sikkireddy (@sikkireddy) June 14, 2017
The other Indians in the fray today include men’s players like B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy besides the women’s doubles pairing of N Sikki Reddy, Ashwini Ponnappa.
Our shuttlers are ready to show their prowess in Jakarta. Glimpse through the Indian contingent who'll be playing in #IndonesiaSSP 🙌 pic.twitter.com/WSUGFax7UH
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 12, 2017
Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj gave it their all in the second game but they bow out of #IndonesiaSSP after losing 9-21, 19-21. Tough luck!
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) June 14, 2017
Meanwhile, India’s young pairing of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy bow out of Indonesia Open after losing 9-21, 19-21 to home favourites Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto.
Fourth seeds in the women’s doubles competition, Jung Kyung Eun and Shin Seung Chan have beaten China’s Bao Yixin and Tang Jinhua 23-21, 21-13 in 44 minutes.
In the men’s doubles event, China’s Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen, who were seeded third coming into the competition, have demolished Hong Kong pairing of Chin Chung and Tang Chun Man 21-18, 21-13.
Sixth seeds Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda get an easy entry into the next round after their opponents Hung Ling Chen and Chi-Lin Wang retired due to injury with the score at 21-18, 14-10 after an intense 29-minute battle.
Meanwhile, third seeds Chang Ye Na and Lee So Hee have brushed aside Denmark’s Maiken Fruergaard and Sara Thygesen 21-14, 21-13 in the women’s doubles event.
In the women’s doubles event, eighth-seeded pairing of Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto have gone past Malaysia’s Yin Loo Lim and Yap Cheng Wen in three games 21-18, 14-21, 21-12.
These upsets should give heart to Indian shuttlers like HS Prannoy, who are in action today. Prannoy, remember, is coming back after a three-month gap. “I wasn’t fit enough for Malaysia and Singapore Open. So, was focusing on getting the endurance back and that is my main aim,” Prannoy had told Firstpost in the lead-up to the tournament. The 24-year-old, who will take the court against Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting, has been focusing on long sessions following his first round exit in the India Open. He knows the odds are stacked up against him though. “The conditions would be tough. Playing against an Indonesian in Indonesia is not easy. I will give my best as I feel great physically,” he added.
The men’s doubles event also has an equally noteworth upset. Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen have stunned Indonesian top seeds Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in straight games. The Danish pair won its men’s doubles clash 21-16, 21-16 in 34 minutes.
And we already have an upset! China’s Huang Yaqiong and Yu Xiaohan have stunned top seeds from Japan Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi 21-7, 22-20 in the women’s doubles event in a 44-minute encounter.
That was our preview of the tournament, where we talk about the chances of the Indian shuttlers and the potential hurdles in their path. It is worth noting that so far Saina Nehwal is the only Indian to have won the tournament. Who are the best bets to win the event? Read the link below:
Indonesia SSP: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth aim to breach home dominion in quest for gloryhttp://www.firstpost.com
Hello and welcome to Firstpost’s live coverage of the 2017 BCA Indonesia Superseries Premier. After a great day in the office for Indian shuttlers like Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu on Tuesday, B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, N Sikki Reddy, Ashwini Ponnappa, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take guard on Wednesday. Stick around for all the live scores and updates.
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