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Badminton Asia Championships: PV Sindhu has reached the pre -quarterfinals where she will face Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi. At the same time, the challenge of Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy in Mains Singles ended in the first round …Read more
PV Sindhu started with a win in the Badminton Asia Championship.
New Delhi. PV Sindhu defeated Indonesia’s Easter Nurumi Wardyo in straight games to make it to the second round of the Badminton Asia Championship. At the same time, young shuttler Lakshya Sen fell out after losing in the first round of men. World number 17, 29-year-old Sindhu defeated 36th number Wardyo 21-15 21-19 in 44 minutes. Sindhu will take on the world number four and Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the pre -quarterfinals on Thursday.
The Bronze Medalist Lakshya of the World Championship 2021 lost 18-21 10-21 in a straight game against Chinese Taipei’s Li Chia Hao of All England Championships in the first round. HS Prannoy also suffered a defeat against China’s Zhu Guang Luy in the first round of men’s singles. Prannoy, who was struggling to achieve the rhythm after suffering from Chikungunya, suffered a defeat from his opponent for an hour and eight minutes against his opponent 16-21 21-12 11-21.
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Kiran George, however, defeated Kazakhstan’s Damitri Panarin 21-16 21-8 in 35 minutes to advance to the pre-quarterfinals. In the women’s singles, attracted Kashyap and Anupama Upadhyay also lost the tournament after losing their matches. Attacharya suffered a loss against the world number three Hen Yui in 31 minutes in 31 minutes, while Anupama suffered a 13th number of world number 13 and Ratchanok Intanon of eighth seed Thailand against 13-21 14-21 in 36 minutes.
In the women’s doubles, Priya Konzengbam and Shruti Mishra lost 1111-21 13-21 in 35 minutes in straight games against Chinese Taipei’s Shuo Yun Sung and Chion Hua. In the men’s doubles, Hariharan Amasakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabhapati defeated the Sri Lanka pair of Madhuka Dulajana and Lahiru Veerasinghu 21-3 21-12 in just 19 minutes. The Indian pair of Prithvi Krishnamurthy Rai and Sai Prateek, however, lost 19-21 12-21 against the pair of Chiu Siang Chih and Veng China Lynn.
