Day 1 saw all Indians entering Round 2, with Men’s Doubles team being the only Indians to be knocked out. Men’s Singles Two mixed doubles entered Round 2. Prajakta with her Malaysian partner and Satwiksairaj with Maneesha emerged winners in Round 1. Men’s Doubles pair of Manu Attri / Sumeeth Reddy were knocked out in Round 1. India has sent its biggest contingent of 21 players. On Day 2, Sindhu and Saina will start their campaign. The players need to enter the semifinals to win a medal.
World Badminton Championship List of Medal Winners: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles
Results of Round 1
Men’s Singles
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8th seed Srikanth Kidambi def Sergey Sirant (Russia) 21-13 21-12 in 29 minutes
Sameer Verma def Pablo Abian (Spain) 21-8 17-4 Retired in 27 minutes
Women’s Singles
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Rituparna Das vs Airi (Finland)
Tanvi Lad def Chloe Birch (England) 17-21 21-10 21-19 in 56 minutes
Mixed Doubles
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Unseeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Maneesha K def Chun Hei / Yau (Hong Kong) 24-22 21-17 by 44 minutes
Prajakta Sawant / Yogendra (Malaysia) def Yao / Hsin (Taipei) 21-15 13-21 21-18 in 49 minutes
Women’s Doubles: Sanjana Santosh / Arathi Sunil def Ukraine pair 21-15 21-18 in 43 minutes
Men’s Doubles: Manu Attri / Sumeeth Reddy lost to Seok / Dukyoung (Korea) 22-20 21-11 in 34 minutes
Round 2 Schedule
Men’s Singles
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Srikanth vs Lucas of France
Sameer Verma vs TBD
13th seed Ajay Jayaram vs Luka (Austria)
15th seed Sai Praneeth vs Nan Wei (Hong Kong)
Women’s Singles
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4th seed PV Sindhu vs Kim Hyo Min (Korea)
12th seed Saina Nehwal vs Sabrina (Switzerland)
Mixed Doubles
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Ashwini Ponnappa / Sumeeth Reddy vs 13th seed Chinese pair
Satwiksairaj / Maneesha K vs 14th seed Denmark pair
15th seed Pranaav Jerry Chopra / Sikki Reddy vs Prajakta Sawant / Yogendra (Malaysia)
Women’s Doubles
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Meghana / Poorvisha S Ram vs Netherlands pair
Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy vs Ririn/Anna
Men’s Doubles
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Arjun MR / Ramchandran Shlok vs Taipei pair
Satwiksairaj / Chirag Shetty vs Japanese pair
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