Preview: India’s mixed doubles pairing of Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa were given a bye in the first round and will play their first match in the World Badminton Championships 2017 against 13 seeds Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China. Meanwhile, Satwiksairaj and K Maneesha face Mathias C and Sara Thygsen of Denmark. India’s 15th seeded mixed doubles pairing of Pranaav Chopra and Sikki Reddy go up against the Indo-Malaysian pairing of Y Khrishnan and P Sawant. B Sai Praneeth plays his first match against Hong Kong’s Wei Nan as the 15th seeded Indian begins his campaign. PV Sindhu begins her challenge for her first world championship when she takes on Kim Hyo Min. Austrian Luka Wraber is 13th seeded Ajay Jayaram’s opponent in his first match. Meghna J and Poorvisha Ram face-off against the Dutch pairing of Eefje Muskens and Selena Piek while Satwik Sairaj and Chirag Shetty go up against Japan’s Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe. Ashwini teams up with Sikki Reddy in the women’s doubles match against the Indonesian-Malaysian pair of R Amelia and Anna Cheong. The last match of the day for the Indian contingent will see Arjun MR and Shlok Ramchandran take on Chinese Taipei’s Liao Chun and Cheng Su.
Highlights, World Badminton Championships 2017, Results, Day 2: Sindhu, Praneeth and Jayaram win; Lee Chong Wei bows out
Catch all the live updates from the Day 1 of the 2017 BWF World Badminton Championships as PV Sindhu beats Korea’s Kim Hyo Min in staright games.
 "Highlights, World Badminton Championships 2017, Results, Day 2: Sindhu, Praneeth and Jayaram win; Lee Chong Wei bows out")
That’s the end of the second day’s play at the 2017 World Badminton Championships. All the four Indian men’s singles – Srikanth, Praneeth, Jayaram and Sameer – have qualified for the next round, while PV Sindhu registered an easy win to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the women’s singles.
The shock of the day comes from the men’s singles department as Brice Leverdez stunned Lee Chong Wei in a three-game thriller to put an end to the Malaysian’s hope of winning the elusive gold for the very first time in his glittering career. He didn’t look sharp but Leverdez aced it.
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Shlok and Arjun lose a hard fought thriller 14-21, 21-19, 14-21 to end their #2017BWC campaign. Tough luck!
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This ain't over!
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Shlok and Arjun take the second game 21-19. #2017BWC
Victory for Viktor!
Axelsen comes back from a game down to beat Takuma Ueda of Japan 17-21, 21-8, 21-13 in 61 minutes and seals his place into the next round of the men’s singles event.
Min Liao and Cheng Sung win the first game 21-14 against Shlok and Arjun #2017BWC
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11-8! Axelsen has taken the lead at the mid-game interval for the 3rd time in this match. Will he win it?https://t.co/gJDbmXhNHJ #2017BWC
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) August 22, 2017
Arjun MR and Shlok Ramchandran are the last Indians in action. Trailing 9-11 at the break. #2017BWC
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4-2! Is this classic Axelsen? He dominated the last two games after a bad opener at the Indian Superseries too. Eventually, he won the title in Delhi but can he maintain the same composure and domination at the World Championships?
Alright, it’s 6-2!
What a game this was. Now onto the next one!
Axelsen dominates the second game 21-6 to send the match into a decider. Ueda looks tired already https://t.co/gJDbmXhNHJ #2017BWC
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) August 22, 2017
11-4! Axelsen leads at the mid-game interval again. But will Ueda upset the Danish shuttler? https://t.co/gJDbmXhNHJ #2017BWC
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) August 22, 2017
The Japanese ace made a fine comeback from 11-15 to snatch the opening game 21-17 from Axelsen in no time. The Danish was taken by surprise with Ueda’s attacking strokes from the forecourt.
Axelsen has a three-point advantage at the break of the opening game against Ueda. He leads 11-8 https://t.co/gJDbmXhNHJ #2017BWC
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The match is getting away from Meghana and Poorvisha. They trail 2-11 at the break against Piek and Muskens. #2017BWC
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Selena and Eefje win the second game 21-16 to force the match into the deciding game https://t.co/gJDbmXhNHJ #2017BWC
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) August 22, 2017
Piek and Muskens make a comeback in the second game to lead 12-6 against Meghana and Poorvisha. #2017BWC
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 22, 2017
Meghna and Poorvisha take the first game 21-13 quite convincingly against the Dutch pair in just 17 minutes. That’s actually very quick.
Time for the second game.
Meghana and Poorvisha are winning crucial rallies. Extend the lead to make it 16-9 against Piek and Muskens. #2017BWC
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 22, 2017
The Indian pair leads 11-4 at the break of the opening game against Selena and Eefje. Good start! https://t.co/gJDbmXhNHJ #2017BWC
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) August 22, 2017
Ratchanok Intanon beats Rui Chen: 21-12, 21-7
As expected, the former champion played a very attacking game since the start of the match and more importantly, she covered the court to make clean returns. Rui was beaten at the net regularly.
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