The inaugural day of the All England Badminton Championships turned out to be a disappointing one for the Indians as their big-name shuttler, PV Sindhu, crashed out in the first round in Birmingham. It becomes a painful exit for Sindhu. The fifth seed becomes amazed by using unseeded Sung Ji Hyun 16-21, 22-20, 18-21. In a marathon struggle, which lasted for an hour and 20 minutes, the S. Korean shattered Sindhu’s hopes with a difficult-
fought victory. Sindhu initially changed into control and led a few activities in the first game. The Korean modified gears and reeled off four consecutive points to claim the opener at 21-16. The tall Hyderabadi bounced back within the second sport. However, Sung, world No. 10, changed into no temper to let move the advantage. Sindhu stored three shape factors before clinching the second game on her first
recreation point. The success inside the second recreation was regarded to have lifted Sindhu’s spirits as she commenced well within the decider. However, Sung stuck up quickly and devised an extraordinary show to race ahead. Both shuttlers dug deep for each factor; it became grim warfare on view. Down thirteen-20, it appeared throughout for Sindhu. However, the Rio
The Olympic silver medalist staged a remarkable recovery to lessen the gap to two points with a five-factor burst. However, Sung converted her sixth healthy point to seal the destiny of Sindhu. Sung’s 2nd successive and general seventh victory opposed Sindhu in their 15th conflict thus far. On Thursday, Sung will lock horns with Hong Kong’s Cheung Ngan Yi in the 2d round. In an all-Indian guys’ singles conflict, 2017 Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth pipped fellow Gopichand Academy trainee HS Prannoy 21-19, 21-19. With this
fifty-two-minute win, Sai Pranleveledelled the pinnacle-to-head document at 2-2. In men’s singles, India’s Kidambi Srikanth beat Brice Leverdez of France 21-13, 21-11; however, Sameer Verma misplaced 21-16, 18-21, 14-21 towards Viktor Axelsen of Denmark. In girls’ singles, India’s Saina Nehwal beat Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland 21-17, 21-18. In the subsequent round, Saina will tackle Denmark’s Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt, while Srikanth will
face Asian Games gold medallist Jonatan Christie. “I truely enjoy it plenty; it’s something each participant looks as much as, and the mission is even more difficult than ordinary Super Series events,” Saina instructed PTI. “Everyone desires to have that trophy; however, as I said, you need to play your natural recreation to be the quality and cannot sincerely place strain on yourself that you need to have it. If it’s miles to your destiny, you will truly get it, but the mission is to offer your nice and beat the excellent players,” she introduced. Ashwini Ponnappa
and N Sikki Reddy gave a huge scare to seventh seeds Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto of Japan earlier than dropping 21-16, 26-28, sixteen-21. The unseeded Indian duo had a match point within the second sport but couldn’t capitalize on it and succumbed to pressure. Another Indian ladies’ doubles pair of Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram fought difficult earlier than 21-18, 12-21, 12-21 to the Russian duo of Ekaterina Bolotova and Alina Daveltova. Indian guys’ doubles pair of Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri went down 19-21,
21-sixteen, 14-21 in opposition to Ren Xiangyu and Ou Xuanyi of China. The Indian blended doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy went down opposition to Chang Tak Ching and NG Wing Yung 21-23, 17-21. In one of the largest upsets of the day, former Olympic champion Lin Dan of China changed into greatly surprised with the aid of younger Japanese Kanta Tsuneyama 19-21, 21-14, 21-7.
