Indonesia Open 2022 LIVE: India’s Sameer Verma moved into the second round of the Indonesian Open as he defeated France’s Thomas Rouxel in straight sets. Women’s doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy notched up India’s first victory of the day as they advanced to the second round of the Indonesia Open on Tuesday. Follow Indonesia Open Badminton LIVE Updates with InsideSport.IN
Indonesia Open 2022 LIVE: Sameer Verma, Ashwini Ponnappa & Sikki Reddy advance, PV Sindhu and Sai Praneeth CRASH OUT: Follow Indonesia Open Badminton LIVE
Earlier, P V Sindhu crashed out in 1ST Round after losing to China’s He Bingjiao by 14-21, 18-21. On adjacent court colleague Sai Praneeth also lost his opening round encounter to Hans-Kristian Vittinghus of Denmark in straight games. Also Men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy lost to third seed Takuro Hoshi and Yugo Kobayashi.
Indonesia Open Badminton LIVE – Indians in ACTION on DAY 1
First Round Matches on Tuesday – Singles
- Sindhu lost to He Bingjiao: 14-21, 18-21
- Praneeth lost to Hans-Kristian Vittinghus: 16-21, 19-21
- Sameer Verma beat Thomas Rouxel – 21-19, 21-15
First Round Matches – Doubles
Men’s Doubles
- Attri-Reddy lost to Hoki-Kobayashi – 8-21,11-21
Women’s Doubles
- Ponnappa-Reddy beat Gurazda-Jaiswal – 21-15, 21-8
PV Sindhu vs He Bingjiao
Sindhu was slow off the blocks as the Chinese didn’t let her get a grip, racing to a 9-2 lead and then extended it to 11-4 at the break.
Sindhu began playing aggressively after the break and pocketed four straight points to reduce the deficit to 8-11. But the Chinese didn’t allow Sindhu to dominate the affair and easily bagged the first game.
Trailing, Sindhu was expected to come out all guns blazing in the second game but it was Bing Jiao, who took an early 5-1 lead.
Although the Chinese enjoyed a slight upper hand throughout the second game, Sindhu kept it close. But eventually Bing Jiao sealed the match in her favour.
The defeat at the Istora Gelora Bung Karno has affected Sindhu’s preparations for the next month’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Sai Praneeth vs Hans Kristian Vittinghus
Meanwhile, former World Championships bronze medalist Sai Praneeth’s poor run on the tour continued with the world No. 19 crashing out in the opening round of the men’s singles event. Praneeth lost 16-21, 19-21 to Denmark’s Hans Kristian Vittinghus in 45 minutes, slipping to his 5th opening-round loss in 6 tournaments in 2022.
World No.19 Sai Praneeth has not been in a great touch this year. His best performance this year is making it to the third round at the Orleans Masters. He has played in four other tournaments this year and hasn’t gone past the first round in any of those tournaments.
Sameer Verma vs Thomas Rouxel
Sameer Verma was the lone Indian on Tuesday to win the first round match in singles as he defeated Thomas Rouxel in straight sets. Sameer dominated the contest right from the beginning as he raced to a 11-7 lead by the interval in the first set. Rouxel tried to fightback in the contest but Sameer Verma managed to win the set 21-15.
In the second set, Sameer Verma continued to maintain his lead despite a good challenge from his opponent. He entere dthe break with a 11-9 lead. The Indian continued to maintain his slender lead and was good with his returns. He finally won the set 21-19 to enter the second round.
Other matches
Doubles
Women’s Doubles: Ponnappa-Reddy vs Gurazda-Jaiswal
The first opening-round win for Indians on Tuesday came from Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy. They reached the women’s doubles round of 16 defeating the pair of Srivedya Gurazad (India) and Ishika Jaiswal (USA) 21-15, 21-8.
Men’s Doubles: Attri – Reddy vs Hoki – Kobayashi
Manu Attri-B Sumeeth Reddy were defeated in straight games by reigning world champions Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi.
Tanisha Crasto-Ishaan Bhatnagar also lost in straight games against Hong Kong’s Chang Tak Ching and Ng Wing Yung.
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