PV Sindhu kept fighting
PV Sindhu struggled against left-hander Supanida, whose returns were accurate and she controlled the rally in the first game. Former world champion Sindhu put up a tough fight in the second game. He held a game point at 20-19 after trailing 12-17. She had left the court when her opponent’s return was out but on video referral it was found that the shuttle touched the line, giving Supanida the point and winning the match when Sindhu hit out.
Lakshya’s strong game
World No. 12 and seeded seventh here, Sen also avenged his Malaysia Open loss to world No. 9 Prannoy by putting up a spectacular show. Sen defeated Prannoy 21-14, 21-15 in the match played at the KD Jadhav Hall of Indira Gandhi Stadium. In men’s doubles, defending champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Scotland’s Christopher Grimley and Matthew Grimley 21-13, 21-15 to enter the second round. Commonwealth Games champion Sen will next face Denmark’s Rasmus Gemke, who beat two-time world champion Kento Momota of Japan 21-15, 21-11.
Satwik and Chirag, who made it to the semi-finals in Kuala Lumpur last week, will next take on the winner of the match between China’s Liu Yu Chen and Ou Xuan Yi and England’s Ben Lane and Sean Vendy. Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated world number 29 French pair of Margot Lambert and Anne Tran 22-20, 17-21, 21-18 in women’s doubles. In women’s doubles too, N Sikki Reddy and her new partner Shruti Mishra went down 17-21, 19-21 in a hard-fought match to Germany’s Linda Efler and Isabelle Lohau.
Easy win for Carolina Marin
In women’s singles, three-time former champion Ratchanok Intanon defeated Malaysia’s Goh Jin Wei 21-13, 21-11 and Rio Olympic champion Carolina Marin defeated 2017 world champion Nozomi Okuhara 21-13, 21-18. . Earlier, China’s Xi Yuqi beat Indonesia’s Chiko Aura Dwi Wardoyo 20-22, 21-16, 21-15 and Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei defeated Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen 21-18, 21-17. In other matches, fifth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei beat Lee Cheuk Iew 22-20 14-21 21-11 while Zhao Jun Peng defeated Wang Hong Yang 21-19 21-12.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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