Badminton Asia Championships Highlights: Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa advanced to the second round in the Badminton Asia Championships campaign on Tuesday, 25th April 2023. The Indians clinched a comfortable 21-16, 21-17 victory against Hong Kong’s Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying Suet in the first round. Follow Badminton Asia Championships 2023 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Badminton Asia Championships Highlights: Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa advance to second round in Mixed Doubles in Badminton Asia Championships 2023 – Watch Highlights
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The Indian duo started the contest with a 4-1 lead. The Hong Kong pair soon made a comeback as they managed to level the scores 5-5. From then on both the pairs fought neck-to-neck and Tang Chun-man and Tse Ying Suet entered the interval with a slender 11-9 lead after a wide shot from Ashwini Ponnappa.
The Indian pair made a terrific comeback soon after the interval. They took six points on the trot and led 15-11. The Indian pair maintained their lead and soon won the first game 21-16.
In the second game, the Hong Kong duo fought hard and was leading initially. The Indians however didn’t let them get away with a big lead and managed to go past them. The Indian pair entered the interval with a slender 11-10 lead.
They managed to improve the lead to 15-11. However, the momentum soon shifted in favour of the Hong Kong pair as with five successive points, they levelled 16-16. A smash from Ashwini Ponnappa didn’t let their opponents take the lead. From 17-17, three successive errors from the Hong Kong pair gave the match point to the Indians. Ashiwini Ponnappa then played a drop shot that struck the net and fell on the opponents end that secured the victory for the Indians.
Badminton Asia Championships Highlights: Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa advance to second round in Mixed Doubles in Badminton Asia Championships 2023 – Watch Highlights