Asia Badminton Championship: PV Sindhu Enters Round Of 16; Lakshya Sen Knocked Out In First Round

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Asia Badminton Championship: PV Sindhu Enters Round Of 16; Lakshya Sen Knocked Out In First Round


On a day star shutter Lakshya Sen made a first-round exit, double Olympic medalist PV Sindhu and veteran Kidambi Srikanth started with simple wins to advance into the pre-quarterfinals of the Asia Badminton Championship on Wednesday. Commonwealth Games bronze medal-winning ladies’s doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand additionally saved the Indian flag excessive by making the last-16.

Sindhu wins

Fresh from ending runner-up on the Madrid Spain Masters, the previous world champion, Sindhu defeated wen Chi Hsu 21-15, 22-20 in a 46-minute affair within the ladies’s singles. Trailing 11-14 within the first recreation, the world No 11 Indian, who’s on a comeback path after a protracted harm lay-off, reeled off 9 factors in a row to take a lead. In the second recreation, the Taipei shuttler gave some battle however Sindhu led 11-7 on the break earlier than sealing the problem.

Sindhu will face World No 9 Han Yue of China within the pre-quarters. Former World Championship silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth took 25 minutes to see off his first-round opponent Adnan Ebrahim 21-13 21-8. He will face world No 5 Kodai Naraoka within the males’s singles last-16.

Treesa-Gayatri safe comeback win

Treesa and Gayatri duo roared again from behind to defeat Indonesia’s Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto 17-21, 21-17, 21-18 in a battle lasting greater than an hour. After shedding the primary recreation tamely, the Indian duo put up a dominant show within the second and commenced with a 5-0 lead. They maintained their lead by means of out to power a decider.

The third recreation turned out to be an intense battle with Treesa and Gayatri trailing 15-16 in opposition to the Indonesian pair. They had been then locked at 18-all when an aggressive Treesa got here up with a strong cross-court smash earlier than the Indian duo sealed the problem in 64 minutes.

Mixed pair duo of Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy additionally gained their opening spherical match after they defeated Chan Peng Soon and Cheah Yee See of Malaysia 21-12, 21-16.

Lakshya Sen caps forgettable comeback

Commonwealth Games gold medalist Sen, who took a brief break to give attention to his psychological and bodily well being, was eradicated by world quantity 7 Loh Kean Yew in a 7-21, 21-23 loss. Having plummeted to twenty fourth spot within the BWF rankings, Sen received a tricky draw as he was pitted in opposition to former world champion and world No 7.

The Singaporean, who had misplaced to Sen of their final change within the Indian Open last final 12 months, confirmed swift court docket actions to race to a 21-7 lead. But Sen returned stronger within the second recreation and was two factors behind on the break. From thereon the duo exchanged some rallies and Sen had an opportunity to degree when he received a recreation level at 20-19 however Loh closed out the match in 45 minutes. Up in opposition to world primary Akane Yamaguchi, promising Malavika Bansod stretched the star participant earlier than happening 23-25, 19-21 in a 46-minute battle.





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