Orleans Masters | Ajay Jayaram, Parupalli Kashyap bow out in pre-quarterfinals

In another men’s singles, battle India’s Manjunath lost to Indonesia’s Gatjra Piliang Fiqihila Cupu in straight games as well. The Indonesian gave no chance to Manjunath and won the first game 9-21. While the Indian showed some fight back in the second one but that was not enough and the match ended in 37 minutes after Cupu won the second game by 21-18 points.

In women’s singles encounter, Agrey lost 10-21, 19-21 to sixth seed Sabrina Jaquet of Switzerland in her third round match at the event in France. The women’s doubles pair of Pooja Dandu and Sanjana Santosh and mixed doubles combination of Dhruv Kapila and Kuhoo Garg also failed to make an impact in the pre-quarterfinals as they lost their respective battles on Thursday. Pooja and Sanjana were defeated by Indonesia’s Yulfira Barkah and Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto. After going down 14-21 in the first game, the Indian pair took the match to a decider by taking away the second one 21-18. However, a closely-fought third game was lost by the Indian duo by 19-21 points.