Desai and Ghorpade were in total command in the all-Indian mixed doubles semifinal, beating wild card Payas Jain and Syndrela Das 3-0 (11-9, 11-6, 11-9).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
They will now face second seeds Eduard Ionescu and Bernadette Szocs of Romania, who advanced after third seeds Oh Jun-sung of Korea and Miku Nagasaki of Japan conceded the match while trailing 1-2.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, Sathiyan kept Indian hopes alive in men\u2019s singles as he fought back from a 1-2 deficit to beat Ionescu 3-2 (9-11, 11-3, 10-12, 11-7, 11-5) to advance. He will now face Czechia\u2019s Lubomir Jancarik, who got the better of India\u2019s Manush Shah 3-1 (11-4, 13-11, 5-11, 13-11).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sathiyan, the 10th seed, advanced when he defeated the Korea Republic\u2019s Lim Jong-hoon 3-1 (11-7, 9-11, 11-9, 13-11). Compatriot Manush also made it, beating another Korean, Park Gyu-hyeon 11-6, 11-7, 11-9).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Snehit Suravajjula\u2019s giant-kill run came to an end when he went down 3-1 (11-6, 10-12, 15-13, 11-7) against top seed Oh Jun-sung. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
On Friday, Snehit first fought back from a 0-2 deficit to take the match in the decider and then displayed nerves of steel to convert his third match point to win 3-2 (9-11, 15-17, 11-4, 11-6, 18-16) in 52 minutes to upset Japanese 13th seed Mizuki Oikawa.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Meanwhile, Snehit Suravajjula\u2019s giant-kill run came to an end when he went down 3-1 (11-6, 10-12, 15-13, 11-7) against top seed Oh Jun-sung. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
India\u2019s challenge in women\u2019s singles also came to an end after qualifier Nithya Mani lost 3-1 (9-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8) against Chinese Taipei\u2019s fourth seed Cheng I-Ching in the pre-quarterfinals. Nithya, world no. 481, had on Friday upset 14th seed Jee of Australia 3-2 (10-12, 12-10, 8-11, 11-7, 11-7) in the second round clash. <\/p>\r\n\r\n