Two-time Olympic medalist and Indian shuttler PV Sindhu moved into the pre-quarters stage of the continuing All England Open Championships being held in Birmingham on Tuesday. Sindhu was enjoying her first-round match when her opponent Yvonne Li from Germany retired within the first sport itself. Sindhu was main 21-10 and gained the match by walkover.
“Sindhu moves into pre-quarters as Yvonne Li retired after the first game. We wish her a speedy recovery: @badmintonphoto #AllEngland2024 #IndiaontheRise #Badminton,” tweeted the Badminton Association of India (BAI) Media.
The World Championships bronze medalist HS Prannoy crashed out of the competitors within the first spherical, shedding to Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei. Prannoy misplaced the 37-minute sport by 21-14, 13-21, 13-21. (PV Sindhu: From Skipping Sister’s Wedding For Badminton To Travelling 100kms For Training; Know Interesting Facts About Indian Shuttler – In Pics)
“Tough one champ, bounce back stronger. : @badmintonphoto #AllEngland2024 #IndiaontheRise #Badminton,” tweeted BAI Media.
Aakarshi Kashyap, one other girls’s singles participant, crashed out within the first spherical after a loss to Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu To by 21-16, 21-11 in two straight video games.
“Setbacks are just launchpads for comebacks. Your time will come Aakarshi, keep it up! @badmintonphoto #AllEngland2024 #IndiaontheRise #Badminton,” tweeted BAI.
The All England Open event is a Badminton World Federation World 1000 occasion and essentially the most prestigious event of the complete BWF World Tour calendar. Only two Indian gamers have beforehand captured some gold on the occasion, Padukone (1980 males’s singles) and Pullela Gopichand (2001 males’s singles), as per Olympics.com.
The event, ending on March 17, shall be providing qualifying rating factors for the Paris 2024 Olympics. The qualification window began on May 1.
-All England Open 2024 badminton: India squad
Men’s singles: Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Priyanshu Rajawat
Women’s singles: PV Sindhu, Aakarshi Kashyap
Men’s doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty
Women’s doubles: Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa, Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda.
