Day 3 of action at the Syed Modi International brought some exciting results. There were a handful of shocking upsets, giving fans a day of thrilling matches.
In men's singles, Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty and Priyanshu Rajawat were able to make it through to the quarterfinals without dropping a single game. Joining them in the last eight was Meiraba Maisnam who upset sixth seed and World No. 42 Nhat Nguyen. On the other end, third seed Kiran George was unseated by Japan's Shogo Ogawa, putting an early end to the Indian's campaign in Lucknow.
On the women's singles end of things at the Syed Modi International, PV Sindhu was able to scrape through to the quarterfinals after a three-game encounter with World No. 147 Ira Sharma. Elsewhere, Tasnim Mir beat fifth seed Anupama Upadhyay, Shriyanshi Valishetty outdid second seed Malvika Bansod, and Unnati Hooda got the better of Thai fourth seed Pornpicha Choeikeewong.
The doubles matches at the Syed Modi International saw the pairs of Ashwini Ponappa/Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly/Gayathri Gopichand ease into the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, the mixed doubles top seeds Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy were upset by Malaysian World No. 102 Loo Bing Kun and Ho Lo Ee.
Syed Modi International 2024: Results from Day 3 (Indians Only)
Men’s Singles Round of 16
Lakshya SEN [1] beat Daniil DUBOVENKO 21-14 21-13
Meiraba Luwang MAISNAM beat Nhat NGUYEN [6] 21-15 21-13
Shogo OGAWA beat Kiran GEORGE [3] 19-21 22-20 21-11
Ayush SHETTY [8] beat Justin HOH 21-12 21-19
Priyanshu RAJAWAT [2] beat LE Duc Phat 21-15 21-8
Women’s Singles Round of 16
PUSARLA V. Sindhu [1] beat Ira SHARMA 21-10 12-21 21-15
DAI Wang beat Devika SIHAG 21-14 21-15
Unnati HOODA beat Pornpicha CHOEIKEEWONG [4] 21-18 22-20
Tasnim MIR beat Anupama UPADHYAYA [5] 21-15 13-21 21-7
WU Luo Yu beat Rakshitha Sree SANTHOSH RAMRAJ [6] 21-18 10-21 21-16
Shriyanshi VALISHETTY beat Malvika BANSOD [2] 21-12 21-15
Men’s Doubles Round of 16
Pruthvi KRISHNAMURTHY ROY/Sai PRATHEEK.K beat CHEN Xu Jun/GUO Ruo Han 21-14 22-20
Ishaan BHATNAGAR /Sankar Prasad UDAYAKUMAR won by walkover against CUI He Chen/PENG Jian Qin
Kittinupong KEDREN/Dechapol PUAVARANUKROH beat Prakash RAJ/Gouse SHAIK 21-13 21-8
Hariharan AMSAKARUNAN/Ruban Kumar RETHINASABAPATHI beat Pharanyu KAOSAMAANG/Tanadon PUNPANICH 21-18 21-17
Women’s Doubles Round of 16
Tanisha CRASTO/Ashwini PONNAPPA beat CHEN Su Yu /Yi En HSIEH 21-19 8-21 21-12
Priya KONJENGBAM/Shruti MISHRA beat Kavipriya SELVAM/Simran SINGHI 21-15 21-12
Rutaparna PANDA/Swetaparna PANDA beat Dhanyaa NANDAKUMAR/Arul Bala RADHAKRISHNAN 21-15 21-10
GO Pei Kee/TEOH Mei Xing beat Gayatri RAWAT/Mansa RAWAT 21-7 21-14
Treesa JOLLY/Gayatri Gopichand PULLELA beat Ashwini BHAT K./Shikha GAUTAM 21-13 21-10
Mixed Doubles Round of 16
LOO Bing Kun/HO Lo Ee beat REDDY B. Sumeeth/REDDY Sikki 19-21 21-16 21-13
Dhruv KAPILA/ Tanisha CRASTO beat Mohit JAGLAN/Lakshita JAGLAN 21-7 21-13
ZHOU Zhi Hong/YANG Jia Yi beat Vishnu SREEKUMAR/Aparna BALAN 21-11 21-12
Rory EASTON/Lizzie TOLMAN beat Deep RAMBHIYA/Simran SINGHI 21-18 21-12
LIAO Pin Yi/HUANG Ke Xin beat Rohan KAPOOR/GADDE Ruthvika Shivani 21-18 21-19
WONG Tien Ci/LIM Chiew Sien beat Gouse SHAIK/MANEESHA K 21-16 21-18
Sathish Kumar KARUNAKARAN/Aadya VARIYATH beat Chayanit JOSHI/Kavya GUPTA 21-18 21-17