Syed Modi: Sirant, Manjunath Win Thrillers
Sergey Sirant recovered from a dire position to beat Chirag Sen and enter the quarterfinals of the Syed Modi India International 2022 in Lucknow on Thursday.
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The Russian had lost the opening game and trailed 14-18, but levelled the deficit. Sen had match point at 20-19, which Sirant staved off, before finishing the match strongly in the third game.
In the quarterfinals he takes on India’s Mithun Manjunath, who beat Malaysia’s Soong Joo Ven in a thrilling third game.
Manjunath led 19-15 but Soong caught up with him and held two match points, before the Indian edged him, 16-21 21-16 23-21.