India’s Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal made an impressive start to the Indonesia Masters Badminton championship, advancing to the second round of singles event with contrasting wins on Wednesday.
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India’s Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal made an impressive start to the Indonesia Masters Badminton championship, advancing to the second round of singles event with contrasting wins on Wednesday. However, their compatriots HS Prannoy, Priyanshu Rajawat and Kidambi Srikanth faltered in the first round. Sen, who had a lackluster start to the 2023 season, following early exits from Malaysia and India Open in the last two weeks, came out with a dominant performance to get the better of Japan’s new sensation Kodai Naraoka 21-12, 21-11 in the opening match. Meanwhile London Olympics bronze medalist Nehwal secured a 21-15, 17-21, 21-15 win over Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po to make it to the pre-quarter-finals.
World No. 9 Prannoy suffered a straight set 19-21,10-21 loss to Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama. It was a second straight first round exit for the 30-year-old, having suffered a similar fate in the opening round of the India Open last week. Meanwhile, the top ranked Indian had reached the semi-finals of Malaysia Open Super 1000, earlier this month. Former World No. 1 and world championship medalist Kidambi Srikanth also exited after losing 10-21, 22-24 to Indonesia’s Shesar Hiren Rhustavitoin in 39 minutes. Rajawat, who came through the qualifiers, also couldn’t extend his entry into the main draw, going down 21-18, 18-21, 18-21 to Chico Aura Wardoyo of Indonesia in the opening round.
| Fixture | Time (IST) |
| Lu guang Zu vs Toma Junior Popov | 8:10 am |
| Anthony Ginting vs Shu Yu Qi | 8:30 am |
| Jonatan Christie vs Shesar Rhustavito | 9:30 am |
| Lakshya sen vs Ng Tze Yong | 7:50 am |
| Kenta Nishimoto vs Brian Yang | 7:50 am |
| Chico Wardoyo vs Loh Kean Yew | 9:10 am |
| Anders Antonsen vs Kanta Tsuneyama | 10:50 am |
| Ng Ka Long Angus vs Lee Zii Jia | 11:30 am |
| Fixture | Time (IST) |
| Pornpawee Chochuwong vs Beiwen Zhang | 8:10 am |
| Wang Zhi Yi vs Mia Blichfeldt | 9:50 am |
| An Se Young vs Putri Kusuma Wardani | 8:50 am |
| Ratchanok Intanon vs Line Kjaersfeldt | 8:50 am |
| Saina Nehwal vs Han Yue | 9:10 am |
| Gregoria Tunjung vs He Bing Jiao | 9:10 am |
| Busanan Ongbamrungphan vs Carolin Marin | 10:50 am |
| Line Christophersen vs Clara Azurmendi | 11:10 am |
| Fixture | Time (IST) |
| Ajar Alfian/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto vs Chang Ko-Chi/ Po Li-Wei | 11:10 am |
| Liu Yu Chen/ Ou Xuan Yi vs Marcus Gideon/ Kevin Sukamuljo | 9:30 am |
| Aaron Chia/ Soh Wooi Yik vs Liang Wei Keng/ Wang Chang | 7:50 am |
| He Ji Ting/ Zhou Hao Dong vs Sabar Gutama/ Moh Isfahani | 7:50 am |
| Tan Kian Meng/ Tan Wee Kiong vs Keiichiro Matsui/ Yoshinori Takeuchi | 9:50 am |
| Leo Rolly Carnando/ Daniel Marthin vs Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan | 11:30 am |
| Mohammad Fikri/ Bagas Maulana vs Ren Xiang Yu/ Tan Qiang | 9:50 am |
| Lucas Corvee/ Ronan Labar vs Takuro Hoki/ Yugo Kobayashi | 10:10 am |
| Fixture | Time (IST) |
| Nami Matsuyama/ Chiharu Shida vs Liu Sheng Shu/ Zhang Shu Xian | 8:10 am |
| Tan Ning/ Xia Yu Ting vs Yeung Ting/ Yeung Pui Lam | 7:50 am |
| Jongkolphan Kititharakul/ Rawinda Prajongjai vs Francesca Corbett/ Allison Lee | 7:50 am |
| Apriyani Rahayu/ Siti Ramadhanti vs Hu Ling Fang/ Lin Xiao Min | 8:30 am |
| Vivian Hoo/ Lim Chiew Sien vs Tan Pearly/ Thinaah Moralitharan | 10:10 am |
| Li Wen Mei/ Liu Xuan Xuan vs Kim So Yeong/ Kong Hee Yong | 10:10 am |
| Lanny Tria Mayasari/ Ribka Sugiarto vs Tanisha Crasto/ Ashwini Ponappa | 11:10 am |
| Yuki Fukushima/ Sayaka Hirota vs Baek Ha Na/ Lee So Hee | 10:30 am |
| Fixture | Time (IST) |
| Ties Van Der Lecq/ Debora Jille vs Wang Yi Lyu/ Du Yue | 9:30 am |
| Jiang Zhen Bang/ Wei Ya Xin vs Kyohei Yamashita/ Naru Shinoya | 10:30 am |
| Lee Chun Reginald/ Ng Tsz Yau vs Dejan Ferdinansyah/ Gloria Widjaja | 10:30 am |
| Yuki Kaneko/ Misaki Matsutomo vs Gregory Mairs/ Jenny Moore | 10:50 am |
| Mathias Thyrri/ Amalie Magelund vs Goh Soon Huat/ Lai Jemie | 8:50 am |
| Ye Hong Wei/ Lee chia Hsin vs Thom Gicquel/ Delphine Delrue | 8:30 am |
| Feng Yan Zhe/ Huang Dong Ping vs Rinov Rivaldy Pitha Mentari | 11:30 am |
| Jafar Hidayatullah/ Aisyah Pranata vs Tan Kian Meng/ Lai Pei jing | 11:30 am |
The 2023 Indonesia Masters Badminton Championship will commence on January 24 and end on January 29.
There is no telecast on a TV Channel for the event in India till the quarter-final stage, but fans can catch the live action via BWF’s official YouTube channel BWFTV.
From Thursday (January 26) onwards, Sports 18-1 will telecast the matches live, while live streaming is provided by JioCinema and Voot Select.
