Badminton News: India's top-ranked singles player HS Prannoy suffered a defeat to Japan's Kodai Naraoka, ranked above him, by 19-21, 13-21 in the Australian Open Super 500 tournament on Friday.

Prannoy's defeat marked the end of the road for all Indian badminton players in the quarterfinals. Sameer Verma in women's singles, Sikki Reddy and B Sumeeth Reddy in mixed doubles and Aakarshi Kashyap in women's singles were also defeated on the same day.

In the first game, Prannoy came back from 10-16 down to level the score at 18-18 and even took a one-point lead.

However, Naraoka kept his cool to secure the win. The second game saw Naraoka dominate from 5-5, leaving Prannoy with no chance of a comeback. The match ended after just over an hour, with Naraoka emerging victorious.

Verma, who recently beat former world number one Loh Kean Yew, was defeated by his opponent from Chinese Taipei, Lin Chun-Yi, ranked 17th in the world. Lin secured a comfortable 21-12, 21-13 victory in just 38 minutes.

Eighth-seeded Summeth and Sikki face a tough challenge against top seeds Jian Zhen Bang/Wei Ya Xin in mixed doubles.

The top seed needed only about 30 minutes to claim a straight-set victory 21-12, 21-14.

In the women's singles, eighth seed Aakarshi was beaten by Yu Po Pai of Chinese Taipei 21-17, 21-12 in 42 minutes.

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