India’s impressive performance in Asia Badminton Championship, PV Sindhu and Srikanth reach pre-quarterfinals
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India’s star shuttler Lakshya Sen crashed out in the first round of the Asia Badminton Championships on Wednesday, while Olympic medalists PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the pre-quarterfinals with easy victories. Commonwealth Games bronze medalist pair of Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Indonesia’s Laini Triya Mayasari and Rebekah Sugiarto 17-21, 21-17, 21.18 to enter the last 16. Former world champion Sindhu, who finished runner-up at the Madrid Spain Masters, defeated Chinese Taipei’s Wen Chi Hsu 21-15, 21-20. Now she will face Han Yui of China, who is ranked ninth in the world rankings.
Kidambi Srikanth also in the pre-quarterfinals
world Championships Former silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth defeated Adnan Ibrahim 21-13, 21-8. Now he will play world number five Kodai Naraoka. On the other hand, Trisa and Jolly made a strong comeback after losing the first game and took a 5-0 lead in the second game. By winning this game, he drew the match in the deciding game. In the third game, the match was equal and at one stage the Indian pair was trailing. However, he won by making a great comeback.
Lakshya Sen had a tough draw in singles
Commonwealth Games gold medalist Sen lost 21-7, 23-21 to world number seven Loh Keen Yew. Sen, who had slipped to 24th in the BWF rankings, had a tough draw. Malvika Bansod was defeated by world number one player Akane Yamaguchi 25.23, 21-19. In men’s doubles, KP Garga and Vishnuvardhan Goud were defeated by Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yogi Kobayashi 21-15, 21-17.
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