Day 2 of Badminton World Championship saw 3 Singles players and 3 Doubles team from India move to next round. Saina and Srikanth started campaign with easy wins while Sai Praneeth got a walkover. Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj were the stars winning two matches, their mixed doubles as well as Women’s Doubles (with Sikki Reddy) and Men’s Doubles (with Chirag Shetty), respectively. Satwik and Chirag played the longest match of the day to enter Round 2. Sindhu starts her campaign tomorrow.
Badminton World Championships 2018 Results for India: Day 1
With 6 Singles Players and 12 Doubles Team, India Chase 1st Gold
Indians Create Record in 2017 World Championship
Indian Participants and Medal Winners at Badminton World Championships
BWF World Championships Past Winners: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles
Moved to Next Round: 3 Singles and 3 Doubles
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5th seed Srikanth Kidambi def Nhat (Ireland) 21-15 21-16 in 37 minutes
10th seed Saina Nehwal def Aliye (Turkey) 21-17 21-8 in 38 minutes
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Ashwini Ponnappa def 15th seed German pair 10-21 21-17 21-18 in 52 minutes
Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy def Chinese Taipei pair 19-21 21-10 21-17 in 51 minutes
Satwiksairaj Rankiredyy / Chirag Shetty def England pair 21-19 12-21 21-19 in 1 hour 20 minutes
Sai Praneeth B vs 4th seed Son Wan Ho (Korea) – Sai moves to Round 3 with Walkover
Lost on Day 2: 7 Doubles Team
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Pranaav Jerry Chopra / Sikki Reddy lost to 12th seed Indonesian pair 21-16 21-4
Tarun Kona / Saurabh Sharma lost to Hong Kong pair 22-20 18-21 21-17
Arjun MR / Ramchandran Shlok lost to Malaysian pair 21-14 21-15
Rohan Kapoor / Kuhoo Garg lost to 6th seed Chris/Gabrielle AdCock (England) 21-12 21-12
Meghna Jakkampudi / Poorvisha S Ram lost to Netherlands pair 21-15 19-21 21-18
Saurabh Sharma / Anoushka Parikh lost to 8th seed Malaysian pair 21-18 21-11
Kuhoo Garg / Ningshi Block Hazarika lost to Chinese Taipei pair 21-19 21-11
Schedule for Day 3
Sindhu starts her campaign at Round 2 against Fitriani from Indonesia. Sindhu leads 4-0 that includes a win at 2018 Asia Team Championship.
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7.30 a.m. 5th seed Srikanth Kidambi vs Pablo Abian (Spain)
12.15 p.m. Satwiksairaj Rankiredyy / Chirag Shetty vs 8th seed Denmark pair
12.30 p.m. Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy vs 2nd seed Japanese pair
1.20 p.m. 11th seed HS Prannoy vs Ygor Coelho (Brazil)
1.30 p.m. Round 2: 3rd seed Sindhu vs Fitriani
3.00 p.m. Round 2: Sameer Verma vs 9th seed Lin Dan (China)
3.00 p.m. Round 2: Sai Praneeth vs Luis Enrique (Spain)
3.00 p.m. Round 2: Manu Attri / Sumeeth Reddy vs 7th seed Japanese pair
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