Kidambi Srikanth, the silver medallist in the last year’s edition, defeated Nhat Nguyen of Ireland 22-20, 21-19 at the BWF World Championships on Monday.
HS Prannoy defeated Luka Wraber of Austria 21-12, 21-11 as Malvika Bansod lost her opening round match against Line Christophersen of Denmark in straight games, losing 21-11, 21-18.
Earlier, Lakshya Sen made a winning start, getting the better of Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus, overcoming the World NO 19 from Denmark 21-12, 21-11 in a match that lasted 35 minutes but B Sai Praneeth went down 15-21,21-15, 15-21 in just over one hour.
The women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy overcame the Maldives pair of Fathimath Nabaaha Abdul Razzaq and Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq in straight games,21-7, 21-9.
M.R Arjun and Dhruv Kapilla made it to the second round in men’s doubles, beating the Thailand pair of Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren 21-17,17-21, 22-20.
The mixed doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto too advanced, beating the German pair of Patrick Scheiel and Franziska Volkmann 21-12, 21-13 in 29 minutes. Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, however, lost to the Japanese pair of Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera 11-21, 21-19,15-21.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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