Hyderabad, Aug 11: India’s Parupalli Kashyap had a cake-walk against Ali Shah Hosseini of Iran while his compatriot Arvind Bhat fell short of pulling off a major upset against ninth seed Yu Hsien Hsieh of Chinese Tapiei in the first round of men's singles of the World Badminton Championships at the Balayogi Stadium at Gachibowli here on Tuesday.
Kashyap defeated Shah Hosseini 21-9, 21-13 to advance to the second round where he is likely to face second seeded Chinese Jin Chen. Earlier in the day, world No.24 Bhat suffered a heartbreaking 14-21, 21-19, 22-24 loss to Hsien Hsieh in an hour long duel.
Disappointment was in store for India in women's singles too as Sayali Gokhale lost to Dutch girl Jie Yao 15-21, 14-21. The men's doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu went down to 13th seed Hung Ling Chen and Yu Lang Lin of Chinese Taipei 12-21, 14-21.
But men’s doubles pair Akshay Dewalkar and Jishnu Sanyal got a walkover against Thai pair Patipat Chalarchaleam and Nuttaphon Narkthong.
In other matches, Kenichi Tago of Japan upset seventh seed Joachim Persson of Denmark 16-21, 21-14, 21-13 in an hour while veteran Indonesian Taufiq Hidayat, seeded fourth, defeated Christian Boesiger of Switzerland 21-14, 21-14.
For Kashyap the win against the Iranian came easy.
“It was a warm-up match for me because the opponent was not so tough. But next match will be a tough one. I felt comfortable on the court today,” the Hyderabad-based shuttler said.
But it was Bhat’s match that left the supporters disappointed. It was a see-saw contest and Bhat fought back strongly in the second game. The Indian also made a remarkable comeback in the third game from 4-11 down after the change of ends.
Bhat said: “You can attack more from one side of the court. In the first game he attacked from the same side and then I won the second game. I shifted to attacking mode after the change of ends, but some errors crept in at crucial moments.”
Bhat even saved three match points, but lost his sole match point opportunity to go down in an hour long match.
A visibly upset Bhat threw down the racquet after the match. It was third time unlucky for Bhat against Hsien Hsieh.
“I deserved to win. I was feeling good about the match. This is the third time I am losing to him in a close battle. He is beatable and I was well-prepared for this match. I played safe in the last few points and that perhaps made the difference,” Bhat said. (IANS)
Kashyap defeated Shah Hosseini 21-9, 21-13 to advance to the second round where he is likely to face second seeded Chinese Jin Chen. Earlier in the day, world No.24 Bhat suffered a heartbreaking 14-21, 21-19, 22-24 loss to Hsien Hsieh in an hour long duel.
Disappointment was in store for India in women's singles too as Sayali Gokhale lost to Dutch girl Jie Yao 15-21, 14-21. The men's doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Arun Vishnu went down to 13th seed Hung Ling Chen and Yu Lang Lin of Chinese Taipei 12-21, 14-21.
But men’s doubles pair Akshay Dewalkar and Jishnu Sanyal got a walkover against Thai pair Patipat Chalarchaleam and Nuttaphon Narkthong.
In other matches, Kenichi Tago of Japan upset seventh seed Joachim Persson of Denmark 16-21, 21-14, 21-13 in an hour while veteran Indonesian Taufiq Hidayat, seeded fourth, defeated Christian Boesiger of Switzerland 21-14, 21-14.
For Kashyap the win against the Iranian came easy.
“It was a warm-up match for me because the opponent was not so tough. But next match will be a tough one. I felt comfortable on the court today,” the Hyderabad-based shuttler said.
But it was Bhat’s match that left the supporters disappointed. It was a see-saw contest and Bhat fought back strongly in the second game. The Indian also made a remarkable comeback in the third game from 4-11 down after the change of ends.
Bhat said: “You can attack more from one side of the court. In the first game he attacked from the same side and then I won the second game. I shifted to attacking mode after the change of ends, but some errors crept in at crucial moments.”
Bhat even saved three match points, but lost his sole match point opportunity to go down in an hour long match.
A visibly upset Bhat threw down the racquet after the match. It was third time unlucky for Bhat against Hsien Hsieh.
“I deserved to win. I was feeling good about the match. This is the third time I am losing to him in a close battle. He is beatable and I was well-prepared for this match. I played safe in the last few points and that perhaps made the difference,” Bhat said. (IANS)
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