Indian men's badminton team closed out a historic day for the country at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou with a Silver medal. India were leading 2-0 after Lakshya Sen and the doubles pair of Chirag-Satwik won their matches but went on to lose the remaining three games against China.
Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy defeated their respective Finnish opponents to advance to the second round of the ongoing World Badminton Championships.
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While PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth made it t the quarterfinals, Lakshya Sen ended his campaign with loss in straight sets.
Sindhu defeated world no. 19 Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark 21-14 21-17 to reach her first semifinal of the year.
When it comes to other Indians in the competition, Kiran George and Priyanshu Rajawat crashed out of the men's singles event after suffering second-round defeats.
Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly, in women's doubles, were the only Indian badminton players to win on the first day of the tournament.
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina, who endured a tough 2022, battling multiple injuries and a lack of form, went down 12-21 21-17 12-21 to Han Yue of China in the USD 1,250,000 Super 1000 tournament.
In the match that lasted for 35 minutes, Srikanth lost to his opponent from Singapore
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Srikanth defeated Mads Christophersen in straight games in the men's singles opening round. The Indian beat the Danish player 21-16, 21-17 in a match lasting 32 minutes. Parupalli Kashyap too cruised to a 21-17, 21-9 win over France's Enogat Roy to enter the second round.
Sindhu, seeded seventh, will open her campaign against Thailand's world no 11 Busanan Ongbamrungphan this week.
After struggling for the last few years, Srikanth finally got his rhythm back when he claimed the World Championship silver medal at Huelva, Spain.
The others who tested positive for Covid-19 were doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa, Ritika Rahul Thakkar, Treesa Jolly, Mithun Manjunath, Simran Singhi, and Khushi Gupta.
Ashmita Chaliha upsets World No. 28 Kosetskaya in straight games to advance to the second round.
Banking on his historic World Championship silver's form, India's Kidambi Srikanth moved up 4 spots to enter top 10 places in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.
The 28-year-old from Guntur, a former world number one, on Sunday became the first Indian man to claim a silver medal at the prestigious tournament.
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