Kidambi Srikanth joined compatriots Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy in the second round of the men’s singles after defeating Toma Junior Popov 19-21, 21-14, 21-5.
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Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu crashed out in the first round of the All England Open Badminton championship in Birmingham on Wednesday. The former world champion and two-time olympic medalist lost to China’s Zhang Yi Man in straight games with a scoreline of 17-21, 11-21 in the 39-minute women’s singles contest. This is the third time the 27-year-old had lost her first round match this year. She had lost to Carolina Marin of Spain in Malatisa open in January before exiting the Indian Open at the same stage in the same month. Sindhu’s compatriot and London Olympics bronze-medalist Sain aNehwal withdrew from the tournament, meaning no Indian will be in the fray in women’s singles.
Not the best day, comeback stronger champ 🙌
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— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 15, 2023
Meanwhile, Kidambi Srikanth joined compatriots Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy in the second round of the men’s singles after defeating Toma Junior Popov 19-21, 21-14, 21-5. The 30-year-old shuttler will be up against seventh seed Kodai Naraoka of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals. Earlier during the day, India’s women’s doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand stunned seventh seeded Thailand pair of Jongkolphan Kitithatakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 21-8, 21-14 in a 46-minute first round match. In the men’s doubles, top ranked Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag shetty beat compatriot Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala 21-13, 21-13 in an all-Indian opening round match. Satwik and Chirag will now face the Chinese duo of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the pr-quarterfinals.
Srikanth advances into the pre-quarters 💪
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— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) March 15, 2023
| Fixtures |
| Viktor Axelsen vs NgTze Yong |
| Zhao Jun Peng vs Li Shi Feng |
| Anthony Ginting vs HS Prannoy |
| Lakshya Sen vs Anders Antonsen |
| Kidambi Srikanth vs Kodai Naraoka |
| Kenta Nishimoto vs Lee Zii Jia |
| Shi Yu Qi vs Kunlavut Vitidsarn |
| Chico Wardoyo vs Weng Hong Yang |
| Fixture |
| Akane Yamaguchi vs Yvonne Li |
| Wang Zhi Yi vs Han Yue |
| Chen Yu Fei vs PornpaweeChochuwong |
| Lalinrat Chaiwan vs Gregoria Tunjung |
| Zhang Yi Man vs He Bing Jiao |
| Busanan Ongbamrungphan vs Tai Tzu Ying |
| Beiwen Zhang vs Carolina Marin |
| Pai Yu Po vs An Se Young |
| Fixture |
| Fajar Alfan/ Muhammad Rian Ardianto vs Lee Jhe-Huei Yang Po-Hsuan |
| Ong Yew Sin/ Teo Ee Yi vs Mohammad Shohibul Fikri/ Bagas Maulana |
| Takuro Hoki/ Yugo Kobayashi vs Alexander Dunn/ Adam Hall |
| Kim Astrup/ Anders Skaarup Rasmussen vs He Ji Ting/ Zhou Hao Dong |
| Ren Xian Yu/ Tan Qiang vs Liu Yu Chen/ Ou Xuan Yi |
| Lucas Corvee/ Ronan Labar vs Mohammad Ahsan/ Hendra Setiawan |
| Liang Wei Keng/ Wang Chang vs Satwisairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty |
| Jeppe Bay/ Lasse Molhede vs Leo Rolly Cornando/ Daniel Marthin |
| Fixture |
| Chen Qing/ Jia Yi Fan vs Maiken Fruegaard/ Sara Thygesen |
| Kim So Yeong/ Kong Hee Yong vs Lee Chia Hsin/ Teng Chun Hsun |
| Zhang Shu Xian/ Zheng Yu vs Margot Lambert/ Anne Tran |
| Mayu Matsumoto/ Wakana Nagahara vs Chloe Birch/ Lauren Smith |
| Yuki Fukushima/ Sayaka Hirota vs Treesa Jolly/ Gayatri Gopichand |
| Li Wen Mei/ Liu Xuan vs Yeung Nga Ting/ Yeung Pui Lam |
| Supissara Paewsampran/ Pitita Supajirakul vs Apriyani Rahayu/ Siti Ramadhanti |
| Baek Ha Na/ Lee So Hee vs Nami Matsuyama/ Chiharu Shida |
| Fixture |
| Zheng si Wei/ Huang Ya Qiong vs Lee Chun Hei Reginald/ Ng Tsz Yau |
| Tan Kian Meng/ Lai Pei Jing vs Yuki Kaneko/ Misaki Matsutomo |
| Thom Gicquel/ Delphine Delrue vs Rehan Kusharjanto/ Lisa Kusumawati |
| Ye Hong Wei/ Lee Chia Hsin vs Kyohei Yamashita/ Naru Shinoya |
| Supak Jomkoh/ Supissara Paewsampran vs Seo Seung Jae/ Chae Yu Jung |
| Praveen Jordan/ Melati Oktavianti vs Dechapol Puavaranukroh/ Sapisree Taerattanachai |
| Robin Tabeling/ Selena Piek vs Zachariah Sumanti/ Hediana Julimarbela |
| Kim Won Ho/ Jeong Ne Eun vs Yuta Watanabe/ Arisa Higashino |
The 2023 All England Open Badminton Championship will commence on March 14 and end on March 19.
Badminton fans in India can live stream the event via VOOTSelect and the JioCinema app, while a few sessions will be telecast live on Sports 18 network.
