Sindhu wins, Sen and Srikanth lose in first round of Badminton Asia Championship
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Ningbo. Experienced Indian player PV Sindhu overcame difficult circumstances and succeeded in reaching the second round of women’s singles of the Badminton Asia Championship here on Wednesday, while in the men’s singles category, the journey of Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth ended with defeat. World number nine HS Prannoy also registered a morale-boosting three-game win against China’s Liu Guang Zhu. The Indian player defeated world number 16 Liu 17-21 23-21 23-21 in a match that lasted 90 minutes. He will face Lin Chun Yi of Chinese Taipei in the second round of men’s singles. Two-time Olympic medalist Sindhu is eager to regain momentum before the Paris Games.
Sindhu won 18-21, 21-14, 21-19 against world number 33 Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia after almost squandering a five-point lead in the decider. Sindhu had lost the last match played against this player in Sudirman Cup but after this win, her record has become 4-1. Sindhu’s next match is against Han Yu of China, against whom the Indian player has a record of 5-0. India’s star badminton player Sen was eliminated in the first round after losing to top seed Shi Yu Qi of China. World Championship bronze medalist Sen had to face defeat 19-21, 15-21 in a match that lasted 53 minutes.
Srikanth’s journey ended after he was defeated by Anthony Ginting of Indonesia 21-14, 21-13 in the initial round. India’s Priyanshu Rajawat also lost in the first round. She was defeated by eighth seed Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia 21-9, 21-13. In women’s doubles, Rutuparna and Shwetaparna Panda also lost to seventh seeds Zhang Shu Xian and Zheng Yue W of China 8-21, 12-21. MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila also suffered a 21-23, 21-19, 24-26 defeat against seventh-seeded Chinese pair of Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi. Trisa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also lost the women’s doubles opener to fourth seeds Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning 2-21, 11-21, dashing their Paris Olympic qualification hopes.
Malvika Bansod and Akarshi Kashyap also failed to cross the initial hurdle. These players were defeated by Sim Yu Jin of Korea and Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand respectively. The match between Sindhu and Jin was equal from the beginning. Both players were trying to dominate the other. Jin was successful in taking an 11-9 lead in the first game. Sindhu then started emphasizing the use of her backhand with some excellent cross court returns. He also made some mistakes during this period, due to which he had to suffer and Jin won the first game.
Sindhu made an aggressive start in the second game and took a 4-1 lead but then gave Jin a chance to make a comeback, leveling the score at 5-5. At the time of break, Sindhu had a lead of two points. With the score at 13-13, Sindhu scored six consecutive points and won the game using her forehand. In the deciding game, Sindhu was trailing 1-5 and then 5-7 but she made a brilliant comeback to take a lead of 17-14. He hit two sharp smashes to which Jin had no answer. Sindhu then won five match points.
The Malaysian player increased the excitement of the match with four consecutive points but her backhand shot hit the net and the match went to Sindhu. Earlier, Sen gave a very tough challenge to the Chinese opponent and made him run around the court. However, Ki took the lead by making long rallies and taking five consecutive points to take the lead to 16-14. Sen leveled the score at 19-19 but Ki won the first game by two points. It was the same story in the second game and the match was evenly matched till the break. Sen had taken a lead of 9-8 at one point but then the score became 11-12. After this, Sen made many mistakes and also lost points due to fatigue.
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