Asia Badminton Championship: Sindhu, Srikanth in Pre-quarters; Lakshya is eliminated
PV Sindhu defeated wen Chi Hsu in the women's singles match in 46 minutes, shortly after coming in second place at the Madrid Spain Masters.
In the Asia Badminton Championship pre-quarterfinals on Wednesday in Dubai, double Olympic champion PV Sindhu and seasoned player Kidambi Srikanth advanced with straightforward victories on a day when star shutter Lakshya Sen was eliminated in the first round.The double Olympic champion PV Sindhu and the seasoned Kidambi Srikanth began with straightforward victories to progress into the pre-quarterfinals of the Asia Badminton Championship in Dubai on a day when star shutter Lakshya Sen was eliminated in the first round.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, the women's doubles team from India that won the bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games, advanced to the round of 16.
The former world champion Sindhu defeated wen Chi Hsu in the women's singles match in 46 minutes after coming in second place at the Madrid Spain Masters.
The world No. 11 Indian, who is making a comeback after a protracted injury layoff, scored nine points in a row to grab the lead when the score read 11-14 in the opening game.
In a match that lasted more than an hour, the Indonesian couple of Lanny Tria Mayasari and Ribka Sugiarto were defeated by Treesa and Gayatri after coming from behind to win 17-21, 21-17, 21-18. The Indian pair put up a strong performance in the second game, which they started with a 5-0 lead after dropping the previous one easily. To make a decision, they kept their lead throughout.
Treesa and Gayatri were behind the Indonesian team 15-16 in the third game, which was a tough contest.An aggressive Treesa then produced a devastating cross-court smash to tie the score at 18 all before the Indian duo concluded the match in 64 minutes. When they defeated Chan Peng Soon and Cheah Yee See of Malaysia 21-12, 21-16 in their opening round match, the mixed pair team of Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy also prevailed.
Sen, who won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, lost to world number seven Loh Kean Yew in a 7-21, 21-23 defeat after taking a little sabbatical to focus on his physical and emotional health.
Sen was drawn against a previous world champion and the No. 7 player in the world despite dropping to the 24th slot in the BWF rankings.
The Singaporean, who had fallen to Sen in their first encounter in the Indian Open championship game the year before, displayed quick court moves to go out to a 21-7 lead.
Sen, though, came back stronger in the subsequent game and trailed by two points at the half.
The two continued to trade rallies after that, and Sen had a chance to tie the score at 20-19 when he had a game point, but Loh ended the match in 45 minutes.