Nishimoto and Marin advance to Round of 16 – OA Sport

Another day is over Orleans Masters 2023 Badminton, the French tournament of the BWF World Tour Super 300. A number of matches were played today, valid for the first round of five draws, and the show was certainly not to be missed. Let’s see what happened.

In Men’s Singles Good first for Kenta Nishimoto: The Japanese (seed no.1) beat Taipei’s Xia Hao Lee 21-18, 21-11 to earn a pass to the round of 16. Instead, Kanta Tsuneyama and Anders Andersson made surprising exits. The Japanese (n.2 in seeding) lost to his compatriot Kogi Watanabe 13-21, 21-7, 21-8, while the Dane (n.4 in the tournament) succumbed to Frenchman Alex Lanier. 21-12, 5-21, 21-10.

In the women’s singles category Spain’s Carolina Marin (No. 1) defeated Denmark’s Line Kristofferson 21-9, 21-18 to advance. OK respectively Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles Leo Rolli Carnando/Daniel Martin (n.2 seeding) and Miken Freurgaard/Sarah Thiegesen (n.2 seeding) pair. The Indonesian pair defeated Malaysia’s Chin Yuan Boon/Tien Si Wong 21-14, 21-17, while the Danish women won against Canada’s Dalia Ng/WY Zhang 21-10, 21-17.

In the end, In mixed doubles Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto and Lisa Abu Kusumawati can smile: the two Indonesians (seeded no.4) defeated representatives of Taipei Chiang Chee Siu and Xiao Min Lin 21-17, 21-16 to book their ticket to the round of 16.

Here are all the results for the day.

Results of the day

Masculine singular
K. Nishimoto (Japan) (1) – CH Lee (Taipei) 2-0 (21-18, 21-11)
B. Rajawat (India) – K. George (India) 2-0 (21-18, 21-13)
YJ C (Taipei) – R. Kemke (Denmark) (5) 2-0 (21-12, 11-9 rest)
M. Manjunath (India) – V. Svendsen (Denmark) 2-0 (24-22, 25-23)
J. Lauda (Czech Republic) – S.Thammasin (Thailand) 2-0 (21-18, 21-15)
N. Nguyen (Ivory Coast) – S. Verma (India) 2-1 (19-21, 21-19, 21-17)
M. Silberman (Israel) – JV Soong (Malaysia) 2-0 (22-20, 5-3 rest)
LE Penalver (Spain) – b. Leverdes (France) 2-0 (21-17, 21-11)
C. Popov (France) – F. Brested (Sweden) 2-1 (17-21, 21-12, 21-12)
LX Lee (China) – K. Schaeffer (Germany) 2-0 (21-16, 21-12)
M. Kristoffersen (Denmark) – CY. Lin (Taipei) 2-0 (21-14, 21-9)
A. Lanier (France) – A. Andersen (Denmark) (4) 2-1 (21-12, 5-21, 21-10)
M. Johannesen (Denmark) – JW Cheam (Malaysia) 2-0 (21-19, 21-10)
C. Adinata (Indonesia) – DJ Popov (France) (6) 2-1 (16-21, 21-19, 21-16)
JH Leong (Malaysia) – b. Sai Praneet (India) 2-0 (22-20, 21-17)
K. Watanabe (Japan) – K. Tsuneyama (Japan) (2) 2-1 (13-21, 21-7, 21-8)

Feminine singular
C. Marin (Spain) (1) – L. Kristoffersen (Denmark) 2-0 (21-9, 21-18)
N. Yigit (Turkey) – S. Nehwal (India) 2-0 (21-16, 21-14)
JM Yeo (Taiwan) – WC Hsu (Taipei) (5) 2-0 (21-13, 21-13)
ENT Vartoyo (Indonesia) – JD Jakobsen (Denmark) 2-0 (21-19, 21-13)
D. Hemant (India) – L. Hood (France) 2-0 (21-17, 21-18)
N. Nidaira (Japan) – A. Kashyap (India) 2-1 (21-8, 13-21, 21-8)
LH Karsfeld (Denmark) (8) – R-O. Panchsari (France) 2-0 (22-20, 21-18)
SY Sung (Taipei) – L. Tan (Belgium) 2-1 (15-21, 21-16, 21-18)
Y. Li (Germany) – D. Mir (India) 2-1 (20-22, 21-13, 21-5)
K. Gilmore (Scotland) (7) – c. Assurmendi (Spain) 2-1 (20-22, 22-20, 21-11)
FJ Gao (China) – L. Lam (USA) 2-0 (21-16, 21-8)
PK Vardani (Indonesia) – WY Zhang (Canada)
TNG (Canada) – A. Ohori (Japan) 2-0 (21-19, 23-21)
B. Zhang (USA) (6) – X. Gui (France) 2-0 (21-8, 21-12)
I. Wang (USA) – S. Kisona (Malaysia)
DH Tusar (Myanmar) – A. Saliha (India) 2-0 (22-20, 21-17)

Men’s Doubles
By Sen/Y. Liu (China) – A. Tons/A. Hall (Scotland) (6) 2-0 (21-12, 21-12)
D. Lundgaard/M. Westergaard (Denmark) – c. Popov/TJ Popov (France) 2-0 (21-19, 21-19)
P. Kusumavardhana/YEYY Rambitan (Indonesia) (5) – FC-Lee/FJ. Lee (Taipei) 2-0 (28-26, 21-17)
C. Grimly/M. Grimley (Scotland) – YC Lin/LW Su (Taipei) 2-1 (19-21, 27-25, 21-19)
LR Cornando/D. Martin (Indonesia) (2) – XY Poon/TC Wong (Malaysia) 2-0 (21-14, 21-17)

Women’s doubles
SS Liu/N. Tan (China) – YC Hsu/WC Lin (Taipei) 2-0 (21-7, 21-11)
K. De Witt/A. Tirtocentono (Holland) – K. EA/G. Somerville (New Zealand) 2-0 (21-13, 21-11)
M. Fruergaard/S. Theijsen (Denmark) (2) – T. NG/WY Zhang (Canada) 2-0 (21-10, 21-17)

Mixed twins
KC extension. Chang/CC Lee (Taipei) – J. Taft/C. Graverson (Denmark) 2-1 (20-22, 21-14, 21-18)
PS Chan/YS Cheah (Malaysia) – X. Cheng/FH Chen (China) 2-0 (21-14, 21-16)
A. Hall/J. Macpherson (Scotland) – m. Ellis/L. Smith (England) (8) 2-1 (21-19, 22-24, 21-17)
A. Maulana/NV Marwa (Indonesia) – M. Mikkelsen/R. Sophie (Denmark) 2-1 (16-21, 21-13, 21-15)
A. Syahnawi/WO Kandow (Indonesia) – LW Po/CH Chang (Taipei) 2-0 (21-15, 21-10)
J.H. Lee/YC Hu (Taipei) – AB Cahyono/MG Islami (Indonesia) 2-1 (10-21, 21-18, 21-14)
M. Christiansen/A. Bøje (Denmark) (5) – TA Lindemann/J. Wu (Canada) 2-0 (21-17, 21-9)
HW Ye/CH Lee (Taipei) – PH. Yang (Taipei) 2-1 (25-27, 21-13, 21-11)
V. CU/J. Guy (United States) – F. Farias/J. Lima (Brazil) 2-1 (20-22, 21-17, 21-9)
JC Volker/S. Gusbert (Germany) – R. Kapoor/S. Reddy (India) 2-0 (21-18, 21-18)
PR Hoo/MX Teoh (Malaysian) – M. Vestergaard/C. Bush (Denmark) 2-0 (21-19, 21-15)
RN Kusharjanto/LA Kusumawati (Indonesia) (4) – HC Cu/XM Lin (Taipei) 2-0 (21-17, 21-16)
S.Prateek.K/D. Crasto (India) – K. Mummery/TV Mummery (Algeria) 2-0 (21-14, 21-17)
G. Mares/J. Moore (England) – ZJ Sumanti/H. Julimarbela (Indonesia) 2-0 (21-16, 22-20)
ZB Jiang/YX Wei (China) – S. Reddy/A. Ponnappa (India) 2-0 (21-18, 21-15)

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