Indian shuttler Sathish Kumar Karunakaran progressed to the men's singles pre-quarterfinals after Denmark's Anders Antonsen retired hurt midway in their opening-round match at the Japan Open here on Wednesday. (More Badminton News)
The 23-yea𝄹r-old Indian was leading 6-1 when Antonsen, the world number three, retired just three minutes inꦫto the contest at the Yokohama Arena.
S𒀰athish, ranked 47th in the world, will take on Kantaphon Wangcharoe💦n of Thailand in the round of 16.
However, Kiran George made a first-round exit𒉰 from the men's singles competition, going down to Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama 19-21 14-21 in🍨 the Super 750 tournament.
Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy's campaign also ended prematurely as the Indian mixed doubles pair retired hurt from their first-round match against Denmark's J🅺esper Toft and Amalie Magelund.
In the women's doubles event, Rutuparna Panda and Swetaparna Pandꦑa lost their round-of-32 match to Julie Finne-Ipsen and Mai Surrow of Denmark 8-21 14-21 in 34 minutes.
None of the Indian shuttlers, who competed in the recent Paris Olympics, are playing in this event.
