Sri Lanka`s pride in Badminton Niluka Karunarathne lost his second round match in valiant effort against the top seed H.S Pranoy from India in the 3rd day of the Yonex-Sunrise Badminton International under way at Sugathadasa stadium.
Niluka took the second game from the world ranked number 37 Prannoy but unfortunately ran out of gas in the following decisive game as Pronoy was too strong for Karunarathne as the Top seed won 21-16,19-21,21-9. However it was a good day for Niluka`s brother Dinuka , who is the 16th seed in this tournament who booked himself in to the quarter finals where he pulled of a another impressive performance in a closely fought three games against India`s Abhishek Yelegar 21-10, 15-21, 21-18.
Also in the men`s doubles Kasun Madushanka and Upali Weerasinghe who are the 7th seed also kept the Sri Lankan flag flying yesterday as they beat the pair from Chinese Taipei, Ming- Tse Yang and Tzu Chin Pan in straight games 21-14 21-14. Unfortunately Kasun lost his singles second round match to Korea`s Hyun Il Lee 21-11, 21-9.
In the Women`s segment Sri Lanka`s Thilini Promodika who was the last remaining Sri Lankan in the singles segment fought very well after taking the second game but Malaysia`s Sannatasah Saniru was too strong in the end and Saniru was the victor 21-18, 16-21, 21-7. The biggest upset of the day came from a unseeded Alissa Sapniti from Tahiland who topple the top seed Jaime Subandhi from the USA in a thrilling game 18-21, 21-18, 21-15.
Dinuka Karunarathne is Sri Lanka`s final hope in the singles segment and remains to see whether he is able to put a another impressive performance in the quarter finals as he has had a decent tournament so far. Kasun Madushanka and Upali Weersinghe is the other hope for Sri Lanka where they remain alive in the Men`s Doubles segment. These are the complete results for yesterday`s action.
| Score | ||
| Prannoy H. S. [1] | Robin Gonansa | 21-12 21-9 |
| Lucas Corvee [5] | Arun Kumar Ashok Kumar | 21-12 21-13 |
| Anup Sridhar [13] | Kok Pong Loke | 11-21 21-11 21-16 |
| Kasun Madusanka | Arvind Bhat [7] | Walkover |
| Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4] | Manish Gupta | 16-21 21-6 21-9 |
| Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin | Andre Marteen | 21-11 21-12 |
| Hyun Il Lee | Ajay Kumar K. | 21-12 23-21 |
| Niluka Karunaratne [9] | Oba-Ob Rabbie Jayson | 21-9 21-12 |
| Thomas Rouxel [10] | Kittisak Namdash | 21-16 17-21 21-13 |
| Aditya Prakash | Sattawat Pongnairat [6] | 21-15 21-15 |
| Dinuka Karunaratna [16] | Abhishek Yelegar | 21-10 15-21 21-18 |
| Sameer Verma | Sai Praneeth B. [3] | 13-21 21-8 21-16 |
| Chetan Anand [14] | Buwenaka Tharindu Dullewa | 21-11 21-16 |
| Christian Lind Thomsen [8] | Parinyawat Thongnuam | 21-11 21-17 |
| Mek Narongrit | Chao Huang | 21-11 21-17 |
| Anand Pawar [2] | Chia Hung Lu | 21-18 11-21 21-18 |
| Alisa Sapniti | Jamie Subandhi [1] | 18-21 21-18 21-15 |
| Thulasi P. C. [6] | Xiaoyu Liang | 21-16 21-15 |
| Shuo Yun Sung | Tanvi Lad [3] | 21-19 21-15 |
| Supanida Katethong | Millicent Wiranto [5] | 21-14 16-21 21-7 |
| Saili Rane [7] | Neha Pandit | 21-6 17-21 21-16 |
| Jiayuan Chen [4] | Madushika Dilrukshi Beruwelage | 21-9 21-8 |
| Chia Hsin Lee [8] | Supamart Mingchua | 21-14 16-21 21-15 |
| Sannatasah Saniru | Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa | 21-18 16-21 21-7 |
| Watchara Buranakuea | Alwin Francis [6] | 21-14 21-18 |
| Trawut Potieng | Arun Vishnu | |
| Philip Joper Escueta | Yan Sheng Lee | 21-15 21-13 |
| Ronel Estanislao | Woon Fui Lin | |
| Danny Bawa Chrisnanta [5] | Wei Chi Liou | 21-14 21-8 |
| Chayut Triyachart | Chia Hung Lu | |
| Pranaav Jerry Chopra [3] | Hasitha Chanaka Manani Hewa | 21-14 21-11 |
| Akshay Dewalkar | Kasun Madusanka | |
| Li-Wei Po | Kok Pong Loke | 21-15 18-21 21-10 |
| Ming-Tse Yang | Andre Marteen | |
| Hsuan Wen Chang | Yeet Siang Lin | 21-18 21-17 |
| Shang Kai Lin | Guan Ming Wong | |
| Mohd Razif Abdul Latif [8] | Sunjith (Jr) S. | 18-21 21-16 21-12 |
| Vountus Indra Mawan | Pranav Satheesh | |
| Manu Attri [2] | Yong Kai Terry Hee | 21-15 22-20 |
| Sumeeth Reddy B. | Kean Hean Loh | |
| Ting Yu Liang | Meghana J. | 23-21 21-8 |
| Shuo Yun Sung | Maneesha K. | |
| He Tian Tang [1] | Ruethaichanok Laisuan | 21-11 21-11 |
| Renuga Veeran | Supamart Mingchua | |
| Phataimas Muenwong [3] | Aparna Balan | 21-10 21-13 |
| Kilasu Ostermeyer | Sanyogita Ghorpade | |
| Pacharapun Chochuwong | Dhanya Nair | 21-15 21-13 |
| Chanisa Teachavorasinskun | Mohita Sahdev | |
| Ching Hui Chang | Nischitha G. M. | 21-8 21-7 |
| Hsin Tien Chang | Poorvisha Ram S. | |
| Pradnya Gadre [4] | Pin Chi Chao | 21-15 21-9 |
| Siki Reddy N. | Ya Ting Chiang | |
| Karnjanavadee Bunsomboon | Sin Er Ng | 20-22 21-9 21-15 |
| Rawimon Iamratanamaetheekul | Harn Xin Yap | |
| Jongkonphan Kittiharakul [2] | Wei Han Tan | 21-17 21-17 |
| Rawinda Prajongjai | Dellis Yuliana | |
| Kean Hean Loh | Sanyam Shukla | 22-20 21-9 |
| Dellis Yuliana | Sanyogita Ghorpade | |
| Trawut Potieng | Wei Chi Liou | 21-10 21-10 |
| Kilasu Ostermeyer | Su Yu Chen | |
| Prannoy H. S. [1] | Niluka Karunaratne [9] | 21-16 19-21 21-9 |
| Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin | Suppanyu Avihingsanon [4] | 23-25 21-14 21-16 |
| Akshay Dewalkar [4] | Pachaarapol Nipornram | 21-10 21-13 |
| Pradnya Gadre | Ruethaichanok Laisuan | |
| Nandagopal K. | Phillip Chew [1] | 24-26 21-10 21-13 |
| Maneesha K. | Jamie Subandhi | |
| Kasun Madusanka | Ming-Tse Yang | 21-14 21-14 |
| Upuli Samanthika Weerasinghe | Tzu Chin Pan | |
| Vountus Indra Mawan | Yan Sheng Lee | 21-12 Retired |
| Prajakta Sawant | Sin Er Ng | |
| Viriyangkura Tanupat | David Obernosterer | 21-7 21-14 |
| Pacharapun Chochuwong | Elisabeth Baldauf | |
| Arun Vishnu [2] | Shang Kai Lin | 21-19 21-17 |
| Aparna Balan | Hsin-Yu Tsai | |
| Dinuka Karunaratna [16] | Sameer Verma | 18-21 22-20 21-15 |
| Anup Sridhar [13] | Lucas Corvee [5] | 21-23 21-17 21-13 |
| Aditya Prakash | Thomas Rouxel [10] | 21-15 21-9 |
| Anand Pawar [2] | Mek Narongrit | 21-14 21-9 |
| Thulasi P. C. [6] | Alisa Sapniti | 21-13 21-13 |
| Hyun Il Lee | Kasun Madusanka | 21-11 21-9 |
| Christian Lind Thomsen [8] | Chetan Anand [14] | 16-21 21-10 21-9 |
| Jiayuan Chen [4] | Saili Rane [7] | 21-12 21-15 |
| Supanida Katethong | Shuo Yun Sung | 21-19 21-10 |
| Watchara Buranakuea | Philip Joper Escueta | 21-13 21-19 |
| Trawut Potieng | Ronel Estanislao | |
| Pradnya Gadre [4] | Karnjanavadee Bunsomboon | 21-18 21-17 |
| Siki Reddy N. | Rawimon Iamratanamaetheekul | |
| Chia Hsin Lee [8] | Sannatasah Saniru | 21-18 13-21 21-13 |
| Manu Attri [2] | Mohd Razif Abdul Latif [8] | 16-21 22-20 21-17 |
| Sumeeth Reddy B. | Vountus Indra Mawan | |
| Danny Bawa Chrisnanta [5] | Pranaav Jerry Chopra [3] | 14-21 21-16 21-17 |
| Chayut Triyachart | Akshay Dewalkar | |
| Hsuan Wen Chang | Li-Wei Po | 16-21 21-18 26-24 |
| Shang Kai Lin | Ming-Tse Yang | |
| He Tian Tang [1] | Ting Yu Liang | 21-11 21-8 |
| Renuga Veeran | Shuo Yun Sung | |
| Phataimas Muenwong [3] | Pacharapun Chochuwong | 17-21 21-19 21-17 |
| Kilasu Ostermeyer | Chanisa Teachavorasinskun | |
| Jongkonphan Kittiharakul [2] | Ching Hui Chang | 21-11 21-13 |
| Rawinda Prajongjai | Hsin Tien Chang | |
| Trawut Potieng | Kean Hean Loh | |
| Kilasu Ostermeyer | Dellis Yuliana | |
| Kasun Madusanka | Akshay Dewalkar [4] | |
| Upuli Samanthika Weerasinghe | Pradnya Gadre | |
| Viriyangkura Tanupat | Arun Vishnu [2] | |
| Pacharapun Chochuwong | Aparna Balan | |
| Nandagopal K. | Vountus Indra Mawan | |
| Maneesha K. | Prajakta Sawant | |
