BWF World Championship 2022 Day 3: Indian male shuttlers impressive

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 The Indian male shuttlers had a decent outing as 2 men’s singles and 2 doubles pairs qualified for the next round of the prestigious BWF World Championship 2022 on day 3 played in Tokyo on Wednesday.

Lakshya Sen continued his impressive performance with a straight games victory over Luis Enrique Penalver of Spain. The Indian looked in decent shape and made life tough for his opponent right from the word go winning it by 21-17, 21-10 to move into the third round.

HS Prannoy stunned 2-time World Championship and hosts player Kento Momota in two straight games. It was an impressive performance by Prannoy not allowing the Japanese a chance. The Indian kept the left-handed Japanese struggling with an 11-7 lead at the break. After the break, Momota made a strong comeback reducing the lead to one point. Prannoy upped the play and won the first game easily at 21-17.

The second game also began started well for both players, but Prannoy looked in great shape and took an 11-6 lead at the mid-game break. After the break, there were long rallies as the Indian maintained pressure winning by 21-16 to move into the 3rd round. Prannoy will take on his counterpart Lakshya Sen in the third round. It was Prannoy’s first win over Momota in the 8th attempt.

Kidambi Srikanth suffered a straight-set loss to Zhao Jung Peng of China. The Indian looked nervous right from the word go. Jung played with aggression and won the first game easily at 21-9.

The second game was a closer affair as Srikanth played with aggression hitting lovely smashes. At the mid-game interval, the Indian had a decent lead. After the break, 2021 silver medallist Srikanth struggled as he committed lots of unforced errors. The match was even before Zhao won the second game and match at 21-17 to knock out the 12th seed.

Indian men’s doubles pairing shine

The Indian men’s doubles pairing shine in a very impressive way. Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun produced a major upset as they defeated 8th seeded Kim Astrup and Rasmussen in two straight games. The Indian started the first game with 2 quick points. The match was played at a fast pace with great smashes by both pairs.

At the mid-game interval, the Indian pair took an 11-8 lead. After the break, the Indian pair increased the lead to 4 points before Astrup and Rasmussen took 4 points in succession to reduce the gap to only 1 point. Dhruv and Arjun finally broke the rhythm of the Danish pair before winning the first game easily at 21-17.

The Indian pair attacked the Danish pairing after a slow start in the 2nd game. It was a closely fought affair as both pairs took alternate points till 10-10. At the mid-game interval, Kim and Rasmussen had a slender 11-10 lead. After the break, there was a 26-rally shot between the pairs but Dhruv and Arjun maintained the pressure on the Danish pairing. The Indian pair won the 2nd game easily at 21-16 to move into the 3rd round. They will take on Hee Yong and Loh Kean of Singapore.

After a bye in the first round, Chirag Shetty and RankiReddy defeated Jonathan Solis and Anibal Marriquin in two straight games. The Indian pair dominated their opponents winning by 21-8, and 21-10 to move into the 3rd round. They will face Alexander Dunn and Adam Hall of Scotland.

However, there was disappointment in the other doubles section for India. The women’s doubles pairing of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy lost to top seed Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan of China in two straight games at 15-21, 10-21.

Tressa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost to Tan Pearly and Thinnah Muralitharan in two straight games. The Indian pairing did not give in the first game losing by 8-21. Jolly and Gayatri looked impressive but lost by 17-21 in the second game to be knocked out.

Ashwini K Bhatt and Shikha Gautam went down fighting to 4th seeded Kim So Yeong and Kong Hee Yong of South Korea. The South Korean pair produced a dominating performance in the first game-winning by 21-5.

Shikha and Bhatt looked impressive in the second game before winning it by 21-8 to force the game into the decider. It was an impressive beginning by the Indian pair in the third game before Kim and Kong scrapped through winning it easily by 21-13 to move into the next round.

Pooja Dandu and Sanjana Santosh lost to Lee So Hee and Shin Seung of South Korea in two straight games. The Indian pairing looked out of sorts losing by 15-21, 7-21.







HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, and 2 men's doubles pairing qualify for the 3rd round of BWF World Championship 2022 


 

  

 

 

  

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