PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal Through To Second Round

Birmingham, March 17 (IANS) Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal superior to the second spherical of the 2022 All England Open Badminton Championships after successful their respective girls’s singles matches, right here on Wednesday.

Sindhu, the world No 7, defeated Chinese language world No 17 Wang Zhi Yi 21-18, 21-13 in her first spherical match of the BWF Tremendous 1000 match.

Two time Olympic medallists started the match strongly and raced to a useful lead after the early exchanges. Wang Zhi Yi tried to tug the sport again however Sindhu’s early momentum proved to be the distinction.
Within the second sport, the India ace continued to dominate her Chinese language opponent and went up 9-0 in fast time. She went on to seal the match in 42 minutes.

Sindhu, the sixth seed within the match, will now face the winner of the match between Japan’s Sayaka Takahashi and Supanida Katethong of Thailand within the second spherical.

In the meantime, Saina Nehwal, ranked world No 25, defeated world No 51 Beatriz Corrales of Spain 21-17, 21-19 in straight video games.

Corrales had changed Saina Nehwal’s preliminary opponent, Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand. The world No. 10 Thai shuttler pulled out from the match on the final minute. Nehwal might come up in opposition to world No 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan within the second spherical.

In males’s singles, HS Prannoy misplaced to German Open champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-15 24-22 whereas former world championships bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth went right down to Tokyo Olympics champion Viktor Axelsen 22-20, 21-11, an olympics.com report mentioned.

Prime Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen, who received silver on the German Open final week, will likely be in motion in opposition to Indian compatriot Sourabh Verma later within the day. However, Kidambi Srikanth, ranked world No. 12, will likely be up in opposition to Thai world No 21 Kantaphon Wangcharoen later whereas Parupalli Kashyap will tackle world No 5 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.

In girls’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand shocked India Open champions Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard 17-21, 22-20, 21-14. Nevertheless, Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy misplaced to Japan’s Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi 21-9, 21-13 and made an early exit.

Prime Indian males’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, ranked world No 8, beat Scotland’s Alexander Dunn and Adam Corridor 21-17, 21-19. The Indians saved 4 sport factors in opposition to the world No. 36 pair within the second sport to maneuver into the following spherical.

–IANS
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