Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth went down in straight games to Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen in his opening men’s singles match at the Super 750 tournament here on Wednesday.
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Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth went down in straight games to Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen in his opening men’s singles match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 tournament here on Wednesday. The 2015 champion lost the match with a scoreline of 14-21, 19-21 in just 41 minutes at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi. It was a second successive first-round exit for the 29-year-old after he lost to Kento Nishimoto of Japan in the first round of the Malaysia Open last week. Meanwhile, Axelsen is in stunning form, having won the last three tournaments he has participated in and that includes a Malaysia Open triumph last Sunday.
Olympic Champion @ViktorAxelsen starts off with a win to march into the R16. 💪🔥#YonexSunriseIndiaOpen2023#BiggerthanEver#HSBCBWFWorldTourSuper750#Badminton pic.twitter.com/wqz1kfv1WL
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) January 18, 2023
The Danish star, who has won the India open twice, is the favourite to win the super 750 tournament. After conceding the first set quite easily, Srikanth came out all guns blazing in the second, and took a 14-5 lead. However, Axelsen got back his bearings at the nick of time with the Indian committing a series of errors to allow his opponents to bring the equation down to 13-15. The Dane grabbed two match points and then produced a precise return on the front court to seal the second game and the match. He will take on China’s Shi Yuqi in the quarter-final match on Thursday.
| Fixture | Time (IST) |
| Viktor Axelsen vs Shi Yu Qi | 1:00 pm |
| Lakshya Sen vs Rasmus Gemke | 1:40 pm |
| Jonatan Christie vs Zhao Jun Peng | 12:00 pm |
| Chou Tien Chen vs Wang Tzu Wei | 9:00 am |
| Anders Antonsen vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn | 3:20 pm |
| Hans-Kristian Solberg vs Loh Kean Tew | 1:40 pm |
| Kantaphon Wangcharoen vs Anthony Ginting | 4:00 pm |
| Li Shi Feng vs Lee Zii Jia | 3:20 pm |
| Fixture | Time (IST) |
| Akane Yamaguchi vs Han Yue | 12:20 pm |
| Ratchanok Intanon vs Caroline Marin | 1:00 pm |
| Chen Yu Fei vs Saina Nehwal | 2:00 pm |
| Supanida Katethong vs Kirsty Gilmour | 12:40 pm |
| Beiwen Zhang vs Wang Zhi Yi | 10:00 am |
| Kim Ga Eun vs He Bing Jiao | 9:00 am |
| Busanan Ongbamrungphan vs Pornpawee Chochuwong | 2:40 pm |
| Gregoria Tunjung vs An se Young | 3:00 pm |
| Match Schedule |
| Kang Min Hyul/ Seo Seung Jae vs Lu Ching Yao/ Yang Po Han |
| Satwisairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty vs Liu Yu Chen/ Ou Xuan Yi |
| Liang Wei Ken/ Wang Chang vs Krishna Garaga/ Vishnuvardhan Panjala |
| Marcus Gideon/ Kevin Sukamuljo vs Ren Xian Yu/ Tan Qiang |
| Supak Jomkoh/ Kittinupong Kedren vs Ong Tew Sin/ Teo Ee Yi |
| Lee Jhe-Huei/ Yang Po-Hsuan vs Aaron Chia/ Soh Woo Yik |
| Mark Lamsfuss/ Marvin Seidel vs Kim Astrup/ Anders Rasmussen |
| Muhammad Fikri/ Bagas Maulana vs Fajat Alfian/ Mohammad Ardianto |
The 2023 India Open Badminton Championship will commence on January 17 and end on January 23.
Live telecast of the India Open badminton championship 2023 will be available on Eurosport TV Sports in india. Meanwhile, fans can also live stream through the JioCinema app and Badminton World Federations Official Youtube Channel BWF TV.
