Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal began their All England Championships marketing campaign with straightforward straight-game wins over their respective opponents within the women’s singles here on Wednesday.
File image of PV Sindhu. (Source: Twitter)
Birmingham: Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal began their All England Championships marketing campaign with straightforward straight-game wins over their respective opponents within the women’s singles here on Wednesday.
Sixth seed Sindhu beat Zhi Yi Wang of China 21-18 21-13 in her first spherical match that lasted 42 minutes while Saina defeated Beatriz Corrales of Spain 21-17 21-19 in 38 minutes.
The enviornment quantity 7 Sindhu will meet the winner of the first spherical match between Sayaka Takahashi of Japan and Supanida Katethong of Thailand within the 2d spherical.
Deft touch _ @Pvsindhu1 eases into the following spherical 21-18 21-13 __ pic.twitter.com/ukJdPZzde6
— _ Yonex All England Badminton Championships _ (@YonexAllEngland) March 16, 2022
Saina, who had reached the closing here in 2015, will face the winner of the first spherical match between 2d seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and Kristin Kuuba of Estonia within the 2d spherical.
If Sindhu and Saina purchase their respective 2d spherical fits, they can face every various within the quarterfinals.
In males’s singles, B Sai Praneeth lost to high seed and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen 20-22 11-21 within the first spherical match that lasted 48 minutes.
HS Prannoy went down combating to closing week’s German Starting up winner Thai player Kunlavut Vitidsarn 15-21 22-24 in 56 minutes while Sameer Verma also lost to Value Caljouw of the Netherlands 18-21 11-21 in a 41-minute opening match.
In males’s doubles, fifth seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Scottish pair of Alexander Dunn and Adam Corridor 21-17 21-19 in 38 minutes.
But M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost 21-15 12-21 18-21 to 2d seed Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.
Different Indian males’s doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala also suffered defeat by the arms of the German duo of Value Lamfuss and Marvin Seidel 16-21 19-21 in honest 37 minutes.
In women’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Pullela Gayatri Gopichand made it to the 2d spherical with a 17-21 22-20 21-14 victory over the Thailand pair of Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard in a single hour and 7 minutes.
