Malaysia Open Badminton Highlights: Saina Nehwal, Srikanth CRASH OUT in Round 1: Follow LIVE Updates

Malaysia Open Badminton Highlights: India’s Women’s Doubles duo Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand got off to a winning start in the Malaysia Open 2023. They were the only positives for India in an otherwise disappointing Day 1 of the tournament on Tuesday, 10th January. India’s ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth bowed out from the first round of the Super 1000 event. Kidambi Srikanth has lost to Kenta Nishimoto 21-19, 21-14. Meanwhile, Saina Nehwal suffered a 12-21, 21-17, 12-21 defeat against China’s unseeded Han Yue. Aakarshi Kashyap too bowed out after losing against Chinese Taipei’s Hs Chi Wen in straight games. Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen will begin the campaign on Wednesday Follow Malaysia Open 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN

India’s Day 1 Results

Kidambi Srikanth LOSE to Kenta Nishimoto (JAP) – 19-21, 14-21
Saina Nehwal LOSE TO Han Yue (CHN) – 12-21, 21-17, 12-21
Aakrshi Kashyap LOSE to Wen Chi HSU (TPE) – 10-21, 8-21
Garaga/Panjala BEAT Kang/Seo – 21-10, 21-18
Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand BEAT Yeung/Yeung – 21-19, 21-14

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Kidambi Srikanth vs Kenta Nishimoto

Srikanth, who is struggling with his form, was handed a 19-21, 14-21 straight-game defeat at the hands of Nishimoto in 42 minutes of play.

Coming into the match, Srikanth was leading 5-1 in the head-to-head record. The Japanese shuttler’s win over the ace Indian is the first since he defeated the Indian in the 2018 Hong Kong Open.

Tuesday’s match was world no 13’s seventh international meeting with Nishimoto and the first since the 2019 Indonesia Open where Srikanth toppl

WD pair Treesa/Gayatri post a thumping victory to enter pre-quarters. 🔝🔥

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ed the Japanese in straight games.

Saina Nehwal vs Han Yue

Saina Nehwal missed out on the opportunity to advance to the second round. She lost against Han Yue 12-21, 21-17, 12-21 in the first round.

Saina, who has slipped to world number 30, had a poor start to the game. She managed just three points as her opponent raced into the mid-game interval in the first game with a 11-3 lead. The Chinese continued her dominance as she grabbed the game easily.

The Indian made a comeback in the second game. She ran away with a 7-2 lead early in the game. She maintained her lead and soon a net-error from the Chinese helped her enter the interval with a six-point cushion. The Chinese tried to make a comeback in the contest but couldn’t take the lead as Saina took the game into the decider.

Saina yet again let her opponent take back the lead in the third game after she committed way too many errors. Han Yue went on to seize the momemtum and raced away to a 11-2 lead midway in the game. Han went on to maintain her dominance to take the fixture comfortably.

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Women’s doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand defeated Yeung Nga Ting and Yeung Pui Lam of Hong Kong in straight games. The Indian duo sailed through comfortably with a 21-19, 21-14 lead in the first round of the tournament.

Meanwhile, the men’s doubles duo of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala went down in straight games. They lost to Korean combination of Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae.