BWF World Tour Finals- Ashwini Ponnappa, Sikki Reddy lose opening Group B game: India duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy ended up losing their first game in women’s doubles Group B of the ongoing BWF World Tour Finals on Wednesday. Follow InsideSport.IN for all LIVE Updates on BWF World Tour Finals.
Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida of Japan defeated the Indian duo 21-14, 21-18 in a match that lasted 43 minutes. Two-time Olympian Ashwini Ponnappa and her partner N Sikki Reddy are making their BWF World Tour Finals debut this time.
Comeback stronger champs 💪
WD pair @P9Ashwini & @sikkireddy fought but fell short in the first group stage contest against No.2 seeded 🇯🇵’s Nami Matsuyama & Chiharu Shida at #WorldTourFinals2021.
Final score: 14-21, 18-21#WorldTourFinals#Badminton pic.twitter.com/8AO4dpVosh
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 1, 2021
Pair of Ponnappa, Sikki Reddy lose opening Group B game
The BWF World Tour Finals is the season-ending tournament of the BWF World Tour, where the top-eight players/pairs in the season’s rankings are granted entry.
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BWF World Tour Finals: The players/pairs are divided into two groups of four each. Each player/pair will play every other player/pair in their group in a round-robin format, with the top-two in each group progressing to the semi-finals.
Groupings: Men’s Singles:
Group A: Viktor Axelsen, Rasmus Gemke, Kento Momota, Lakshya Sen
Group B: Lee Zii Jia, Srikanth Kidambi, Kunlavut Vitidsarn, Toma Junior Popov
Women’s Singles:
Group A: Pornpawee Chochuwong, PV Sindhu, Yvonne Li, Line Christophersen
Group B: Akane Yamaguchi, Busanan Ongbamrungphan, An Se-young, Yeo Jia Min
Men’s Doubles:
Group A: Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/ Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, Kim Astrup/ Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, Lee Yang/ Wang Chi-lin, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/ Chirag Shetty
Group B: Takuro Hoki/ Yugo Kobayashi, Ong Yew Sin/ Teo Ee Yi, Pramudya Kusumawardana, Yeremia Rambitan, Christo Popov/ Toma Junior Popov.
Women’s Doubles:
Group A: Nami Matsuyama / Chiharu Shida, Gabriela Stoeva/ Stefani Stoeva, Chloe Birch/ Lauren Smith, Ashwini Ponnappa/ N Sikki Reddy
Group B: Yuta Watanabe/ Arisa Higashino, Mathias Christiansen/ Alexandra Bøje, Tan Kian Meng/ Lai Pei Jing, Chan Peng Soon/ Goh Liu Ying
