Lakshay, Kidambi And Prannoy Advance To 2nd Round

Lakshay, Kidambi, and Prannoy progressed to the second round of the BWF World Championships. However, B Sai Praneeth lost to Chou Tien Chen.

Lakshya Sen continued his outstanding run on Monday. He defeated Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus of Denmark in straight games.

Sen advanced to the men’s singles Round 2 at the 2022 BWF World Championships in Tokyo. India also won the women’s and mixed doubles categories on the first day.

Men Singles

Sen, 20, defeated an inexperienced Vittinghus 21-12, 21-11 in his first match. Kidambi Srikanth of India defeated Nhat Nguyen of Ireland in a match in a row. The silver medalist from last year won by a score of 22-20, 21-19 in 51 minutes.

Indian senior shuttler Prannoy H.S. was one of the winners. He defeated Austrian Luka Wraber by scores of 21-12, 21-11 to go to the next round. Viktor Axelsen, the top seed, defeated Malaysian Daren Liew by a score of 21-16, 21-12.

However, Anders Antonsen of Denmark suffered a shocking loss to Kenta Nishimoto, falling to him by scores of 21-15, 21-19.

B Sai Praneeth bowed out early in the championships. He lost in three games against world number four Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen in their first-round matchup. The Chinese Taipei shuttler was too powerful and prevailed with a score of 21-15, 15-21, and 21-15.

After his failures in the Olympic Games held in the same place last year, Praneeth had yet another forgettable appearance in the capital of Japan. He had competed without a qualified coach or physiotherapist and was eliminated early.

Women singles

India’s Malvika Bansod was one of the athletes competing in the Women’s Singles division. Unfortunately, she was defeated by Line Christophersen of Denmark in the first round with scores of 21-14, 21-12 in only 24 minutes. Today’s match will include Saina Nehwal and other top seeds.

Doubles

Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy of India were defeated by Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera of Japan in their Round 1 tie. The winning couple won their game at home by scores of 21-11, 19-21, and 21-15 in one hour and two minutes.

M.R. Arjun and Dhruv Kapila put up a strong effort to defeat Thai opponents Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren by scores of 21-17, 17-21, and 22-20.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, two gold medalists from the CWG in Birmingham, will compete today.

In their Round 1 match, Ashwini Ponappa and N. Sikki Reddy triumphed handily. Indian team defeated Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq and Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq of the Maldives scores of 21-7 and 21-9.

Pooja Dandu and Sanjana Santosh also triumphed on the day after defeating Ines Salazar and Paula Regal of Peru by scores of 21-6, 10-21, and 21-14. It will be intriguing to watch when Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand launch their campaign today. Both women won bronze medals at the CWG.

Mixed Doubles

On Monday, Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto also participated in activities. The Indian team, which was competing in the Mixed Doubles division, defeated Patrick Scheiel and Franziska Volkmann in their Round 1 match. The majority of the top seeds in this division will begin their BWF World Championships campaigns on Tuesday.