{"id":306409,"date":"2023-04-06T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/06\/priyanshu-rajawat-shocks-top-seed-nishimoto-to-enter-orleans-masters-quarters-badminton-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:43:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:43:58","slug":"priyanshu-rajawat-shocks-top-seed-nishimoto-to-enter-orleans-masters-quarters-badminton-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/04\/06\/priyanshu-rajawat-shocks-top-seed-nishimoto-to-enter-orleans-masters-quarters-badminton-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Priyanshu Rajawat shocks top-seed Nishimoto to enter Orleans Masters quarters | Badminton News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: Rising Indian shuttler <!-- -->Priyanshu Rajawat<!-- --> registered an upset win over top seed <!-- -->Kenta Nishimoto<!-- --> of Japan to storm into the men&#8217;s singles quarterfinals of the <!-- -->Orleans Masters<!-- --> Super 300 tourney in Orleans, France on Thursday.<br \/>Rajawat, ranked 58 in the world, exhibited great skills and mind game to post a 21-8, 21-16 straight-game win over world no. 12 Nishimoto, who had clinched the Madrid Spain Masters title last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Rajawat, who was part of India&#8217;s <!-- -->Thomas Cup<!-- --> winning team, got off to a thundering start as he soon grabbed a huge 10-0 lead in the opening game as Nishimoto found the going tough despite all his efforts.<br \/>After the change of sides, the Japanese managed to move to a 6-2 advantage but Rajawat soon clawed back at 10-10.<br \/>Nishimoto took a one-point cushion to go into the mid-game break but a burst of six points helped the Indian eke out a 16-11 lead.<br \/>The Japanese once again led a fightback but Rajawat managed to keep his nose ahead.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5\" msid=\"99303504\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/42706777.gif\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-99303504,width-600,resizemode-4\/99303504.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In another men&#8217;s singles match, <!-- -->Mithun Manjunath<!-- --> lost to Chi Yu Jen of Chinese Taipei 15-21, 19-21 in the round of 16.<br \/>In women&#8217;s singles, Tanya Hemanth also suffered an 8-21, 17-21 defeat to Natsuki Nidaira of Japan in round of 16.<br \/>The mixed doubles pair of Sai Pratheek and <!-- -->Tanisha Crasto<!-- --> went down fighting against seventh-seeded Malaysian duo of Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei 23-21, 17-21, 21-23 in the pre-quarterfinals.<br \/><span class=\"strong\">(With PTI inputs)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    const { TimesApps } = window;\n    TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? 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