PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth received their respective video games to attain Badminton Asia Championships pre-quarters (BAI Media Twitter)
PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and doubles pair Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand all superior into the spherical of 16 of Asia Badminton Championship however Lakshya Sen bowed out
On a day star shuttler 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 stored the Indian flag excessive by making the last-16.
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 sport, 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 sport, 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.
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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 dropping the primary sport tamely, the Indian duo put up a dominant show within the second and started with a 5-0 lead. They maintained their lead all through to power a decider.
The third sport turned out to be an intense battle with Treesa and Gayatri trailing 15-16 towards the Indonesian pair.
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They have been then locked at 18-all when an aggressive Treesa got here up with a robust cross-court smash earlier than the Indian duo sealed the problem in 64 minutes.
Mixed pair duo of Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy additionally received their opening spherical match once 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 concentrate on 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 obtained a troublesome draw as he was pitted towards former world champion and world No 7.
The Singaporean, who had misplaced to Sen of their final alternate within the Indian Open last final yr, confirmed swift courtroom actions to race to a 21-7 lead. But Sen returned stronger within the second sport and was two factors behind on the break.
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