BWF World Championships – India enjoyed a productive day in Madrid on Tuesday as the likes of PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth progressed further with wins. Sindhu clinched a straight-sets win, while Sen and Srikanth had to battle in three sets to move ahead in the competition. Men’s doubles pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also progressed, while mixed doubles duo Sourabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikh were knocked out. Follow Insidesport.in for all BWF World Championship LIVE updates.
BWF World Championships LIVE: PV Sindhu dominates, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth seal comeback wins, Shetty-Reddy also progress in productive Day for India
Lakshya Sen vs Kenta Nishimoto LIVE
Game 3: Sen holds his fort, clinches decider 21-18 against Kenta Nishimoto to progress into the next round.
Game 2: Nishimoto bounces back, clinches game 2 21-15 to force a decider.
Game 1: Lakshya Sen bounces back in style to clinch game 22-20 in a neck to neck contest.
In an intensed match consists of longer & longer rallies @lakshya_sen got the better of 🇯🇵’s Kenta Nishimoto 22-20, 15-21, 21-18 in the R32 and entered the pre quarters at #BWFWorldChampionships2021 💥
Well played young man 👊#WorldChampionships2021#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/t0Y7MPnNl5
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 14, 2021
After a lucky start due to COvid-19 related postponements and cancellations, Team India ace Laksys Sen will begin his campaign on Tuesday. Sen is one of India’s brightest talents and so far has been brilliant in his debut championship this year. The two players have never competed against each other in a weak imagine draw Oriya.
Kidambi Srikanth vs Li Shi Feng LIVE
Game 3: Srikanth seals brilliant comeback win, takes game 3 21-17 to progress further.
Game 2: Kidambi Srikanth forces a decider, wins do-or-die game 2 21-18.
Game 1: Srikanth faces a tricky start, goes down 21-15 in the opening game.
Kidambi Srikanth, one of the few seeded players, will hope to build on his epic win. Srikanth will face Li Shi Feng but will be very much against a stranger in action, having not the 21st Test century in the waiting. Srikanth won his opening round 21-12, 21-16 win over Pablo Abian.
PV Sindhu vs Martina Repiska LIVE
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓 💥
Reigning world champion @Pvsindhu1 gets off to a strong start with an emphatic 21-7, 21-9 victory over 🇸🇰’s Martina Repiska in the round 2 and marches into the pre quarters at #BWFWorldChampionships2021 💪#WorldChampionships2021#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/YBzDks6SwZ
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 14, 2021
Game 2: Sindhu looks unstoppable, storms into the next round with a 21-9 win.
Game 1: PV Sindhu starts off incredibly well, takes Game 1 with ease 21-7
Reigning world champion PV Sindhu started the defence of her title with straight games victory over Martina Repiska on Tuesday at the ongoing BWF World Championships 2021 in Huelva. Two-time Olympic medallist Indian defeated shuttler from Slovakia by 21-7, 21-9 in just 24 minutes. Sindhu faced very little resistance from Repiska as she moved into the round of 16.
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Other India matches in actions –
Chirag Shetty / Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs Lee Jhe-Huei / Yang Po-Hsuan
MD pair @Shettychirag04 & @satwiksairaj emerged victorious 27-25, 21-17 & cruised through to the last-16 against Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jhe-Huei & Yang Po-Hsuan in an absolute neck to neck R32 contest at #BWFWorldChampionships.#WorldChampionships2021#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/1VNiOBMyZt
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 14, 2021
Game 2: Chirag-Sawik progress with a straightforward 21-17 win in Game 2.
Game 1: In another close tie, Chirag-Satwik prevail to take the first game 27-25
Earlier in the men’s doubles, India’s Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy sweat hard against Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan.
The eight seeded-Indians, dropped five-game points in the first game as Lee/Yang stretched the pair of Shetty-Rankireddy to their limit. But Indians persevered to win 27-25. In the second game, Chirag and Satwik shifted their gears and dished out better performance to prevail 21-17.
Saurabh Sharma / Anoushka Parikh vs Tan Kian Meng / Lai Pei Jeng
TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2021
XD – Round of 32
🇲🇾Kian Meng TAN🏅
21 21 🇲🇾Pei Jing LAI🏅
8 18 🇮🇳Saurabh SHARMA
🇮🇳Anoushka PARIKH🕗 in 35 minutes
https://t.co/CI7qypkSqK— BWFScore (@BWFScore) December 14, 2021
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