New York: Indian men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy reached the finals but it was curtains for B. Sai Praneeth and the star women’s doubles combination of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa at the US Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here on Saturday.
The world number 26 Indian pair defeated fourth seeds Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda of Japan 21-17, 21-17 in a 34-minute match to set up a summit clash with Chinese combo of Junhui Li and Yuchen Liu.
India’s men's singles shuttler B. Sai Praneeth of Hyderabad, however, lost to former World No.1 and two-time Olympic silver medallist Lee Chong Wei of Malaysian in the semifinals.The 22-year-old lost 9-21, 17-21 to Chong Wei in a 34-minute semifinal encounter.
Meanwhile, the Commonwealth Games silver medal-winning pair of Jwala and Ashwini, seeded fourth in the tournament, also suffered a defeat at the hands of the Japanese pair of Ayane Kurihara and Naru Shinoya. The Indian pair were outplayed in straight games 17-21, 11-21 to bow out.
