Dubai [UAE], April 26 (ANI): Ace Indian shuttler and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu superior to the pre-quarters stage after successful her spherical of 32 match on the ongoing Badminton Asia Championship 2023 in Dubai on Wednesday.
She beat Hsu Wen-chi of Taiwan by 21-15, 22-20.
“Win for Sindhu as she enters R16: @badmintonphoto BAC2023 IndiaontheRise Badminton,” tweeted the Badminton Association of India (BAI) Media.
Kidambi Srikanth, the ace Indian males’s shuttler, additionally superior to the spherical of 16. He defeated Bahrain’s Adnan Ebrahum by 21-13, 21-8.
“Cakewalk for @srikidambi, enters pre-quarters: @badmintonphoto BAC2023 IndiaontheRise Badminton,” tweeted BAI Media.
In the boys’s doubles competitors, the duo of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila crashed out of the event in spherical of 32 whereas the star crew of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made it to the following spherical.
Dhruv and Arjun went right down to the Malaysian duo of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi by 21-12, 16-21, 12-21 whereas “Sat-Chi’ as the opposite standard duo is understood, defeated Malaysia’s Tan Kian Meng and Tan Wee Kiong by 21-14, 21-17.
Prannoy HS additionally downed Myanmar’s Phone Pyae Naing by 21-14, 21-9.
“2 important wins to conclude the day Sat-ChiPrannoy cruise into the R16 with ease :@badmintonphoto BAC2023 IndiaontheRise Badminton,” tweeted BAI Media.
“So close yet so far Arjun/Dhruv fell short against WR-8 duo! :@badmintonphotoBAC2023 Badminton,” added BAI in one other tweet.
The Indian girls’s duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand additionally superior to the pre-quarters stage.
They defeated the Indonesian duo of Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribika Sugiarto by 17-21, 21-17, 21-18.
“Thunder Women start off with a win, enter the pre-quarters : @badmintonphotoBAC2023 IndiaontheRise Badminton,” tweeted BAI Media.
Earlier, BWF World Championships bronze medallist and Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen crashed out of Badminton Asia Championships on Wednesday.
He misplaced his opening recreation to world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore in straight video games within the males’s singles opening spherical on Wednesday.
Lakshya misplaced in two straight video games 7-21, 21-23 to the Singaporean shuttler in 37 minutes.
In the primary set, Indian shuttler appeared to haven’t any particular plan towards Loh and misplaced by an enormous margin of 7-21 within the first recreation. After the disappointing opening, Lakshya made a comeback by gaining a lead of 11-9 within the second recreation.
He even received to the sport level as he was main by 20-19. However, he did not capitalise and misplaced the match 21-23.
Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud misplaced their males’s double recreation towards the Japanese pair of Kobayashi Yugo and Takuro Hoki.
Krishna and Vishnu misplaced towards former world champions in two straight video games 15-21, 17-21.
In the ladies’s doubles, Ashna Roy and Haritha Harinarayanan had been defeated by the Thailand duo of Jongkolphon Kitithrakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 21-11, 21-2.
Due to Lakshya’s comparatively low rating of 24 on the BWF record, he confronted a difficult attract his first recreation of the Badminton Asia Championships. The Commonwealth Games gold medallist is struggling a tough patch from the beginning of the 2023 season. He has performed seven tournaments to this point and has reached quarter-final in just one event.
The Indian blended doubles duo of Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy entered the pre-quarters of the continued Badminton Asia Championships 2023 on Wednesday.
They recorded a 21-12, 21-16 win over the Malaysian duo of Chan Peng Soon and Cheah Yee See within the spherical of 32 on Wednesday.
“XD pair Rohan/Sikki enter pre-quarters Fabulous start to day! : @badmintonphotoBAC2023 IndiaontheRise Badminton,” tweeted the Badminton Association of India (BAI) Media.
On the opposite hand, the boys’s doubles duo of VS Ravikrishna and Sankar Prasad misplaced their spherical of 32 match to the Malaysian duo of Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee by 12-21, 17-21.
The girls’s doubles duo of Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam additionally registered a spherical of 32 match towards Meilysa Trias Puspitasari and Rachel Allessya of Indonesia by 22-20, 12-21 and 18-21.
In the ladies’s singles competitors, Malvika Bansod additionally crashed out of the event within the spherical of 32 stage.
She misplaced to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi by 23-25, 19-21.
The ongoing Badminton Asia Championships 2023 began from April 25 in Dubai and can go on until April 30. (ANI)