![]() Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their first-round men’s doubles match at the All England Open as they beat the team of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala by a score of 21-13, 21-13.ĭespite losing the first game, India’s Srikanth Kidambi notched a comeback win of 19-21, 21-14, 21-5 against France’s Toma Junior Popov in his first-round men’s singles match. ![]() On Tuesday, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy had won their respective men’s singles first round matches. The Indian duo will meet the Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in the pre-quarterfinals. Sindhu recovered a bit to trail 7-11 but was soon down 9-16 before losing the second game and the match.Įarlier during the day, India’s women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela stunned seventh seeded Thailand duo of Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai 21-18 21-14 in a 46-minute first round match. ![]() In the second game, the two players were tied 5-5 but Sindhu committed a few unforced errors and was soon down 5-10. But the Chinese shuttler won seven straight points to lead 20-16 before taking the first game in 21 minutes. There was not much to differentiate initially between the two who had 1-1 head-to-head record before Wednesday’s match. That comfort zone, having been in those major quarters, semis and finals, helped her in. Sindhu was rusty and subdued throughout the match with her world number 17 opponent showing more agility and attacking intent. READ Tokyo 2020 Day semifinals preview: What's at stake for the final four at the Olympics I thought it was the reason Krejcikova won the French Open, because she had been there in doubles, said Pam Shriver, a 22-time Grand Slam doubles champion. She had recently parted ways with her coach Park Tae-sang of Korea, under whose guidance she won a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics. She had lost to Carolina Marin of Spain in Malaysia Open in January before exiting the Indian Open at the same stage in the same month. All England Open 2023: HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen through to second round
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