Day 2 Report: Indian stars Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth won their respective matches at the Badminton World Championships on Tuesday. Saina defeated Aliye Demirbag of Turkey in straight games to enter the third round of the women’s singles category. Saina fought off a brave effort from her Turkish opponent to cruise to a 21-17, 21-18 victory in just 39 minutes. [caption id=“attachment_4863941” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Sindhu, Srikanth, Prannoy, Ashwini. Agencies[/caption] The opening game saw a tough battle in the early stages before Saina produced a four-point burst to lead 14-10. She held on to the advantage till the end to win the game. Saina showcased her class in the second game, scoring at ease as she romped to a win. The Hyderabad-based Indian is expected to face a tougher challenge in the next round where she will meet an experienced opponent in fourth seed Ratchanok Intanon of Indonesia. Ratchanok staged a strong comeback to win a tough encounter against the impressive Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark. The nail-biting see-saw battle, which lasted an hour and 16 minutes, saw Ratchanok carve out a 16-21, 22-20, 21-10 victory. In the men’s singles category, Srikanth took 37 minutes to defeat Nhat Nguyen of Ireland in straight games. The Indian, who advanced to the second round, did not have to sweat too much on his way to a 21-15, 21-16 victory over his unseeded opponent. Srikanth forced the early advantage, taking four consecutive points to open up a 7-2 lead before increasing the gap to 11-5. Nguyen staged a strong fight-back with two four-point streaks of his own to level the scores at 13-13. He subsequently took a slender lead at 15-14, but the Indian came up with an impressive run of seven back to back points to take the opening game. The second game saw a neck and neck battle till the halfway stage when the two players went into the break with Srikanth in possession of a 11-9 lead. The Indian came out all guns blazing after the resumption, taking six consecutive points to open up a comfortable 17-10 advantage. Although Nguyen closed the gap to within two points, Srikanth produced another late burst to wrap up the match. Srikanth will be up against Pablo Abian of Spain in the next round. The unseeded Spaniard defeated Toby Penty of England 21-18, 21-6 in his campaign opener. In the mixed doubles competition, the unseeded Indian pair of Saurabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikh lost to eighth seeds Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia by an 18-21, 11-21 margin in 36 minutes. It was curtains for Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy as well, since they lost 16-21, 4-21 to 12th seeds Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja of Indonesia. With inputs from IANS
Highlights, World Badminton Championships 2018 results: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth enter last-16; HS Prannoy ousted
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And that brings us to the end of day 3 at the World Badminton Championships in Nanjing.
India’s Kidambi Srikanth, PV Sindhu booked a place in the last-16, while HS Prannoy was stunned by World No 39 Ygor Coelho of Brazil. Lin Dan, Chen Long, Axlesen, Nozomi Okuhara, Akane Yamaguchi were among the top performers of the day.
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Lin Dan beats Sameer Verma: 21-17, 21-14
A convincing victory for the five-time champion in front of the home fans. The Nanjing Arena enjoyed every move and Lin entertained them with a straight-games win over Verma.
11-3! Lin Dan has clearly dominated the second game so far as he enjoys an eight-point lead over Sameer Verma #TOTALBWFWC2018
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5-0!
Lin Dan hasn’t allowed Verma to get hold of the net in the early stages of the second stanza. Five straight points to begin with.
Lin Dan 1
Sameer Verma 0
The opening game goes in Lin Dan's favour as the five-time champ registers a 21-17 win over Sameer Verma #TOTALBWFWC2018
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11-7! Home favourite Lin Dan takes a three-point lead over Sameer Verma at the break of the opening game #TOTALBWFWC2018
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Meanwhile, India's @saiprneeth92 beats Luis Enrique of Spain 21-18, 21-11 to book a place in the last-16 #TOTALBWFWC2018
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PV Sindhu enters last-16
Third seed Sindhu thwarts Fitriani Fitriani of Indonesia 21-14, 21-9 in 35 minutes to enter the next round. It was her explosive attack which allowed the lanky Indian to dominate both the games. On the other hand, the 19-year-old shuttler stuttered after making a good start in both the games.
11-5! Sindhu with a six-point lead at the mid-game break of the second game
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Fitriani is looking a bit tired after making a strong start in both the games #TOTALBWFWC2018
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PV Sindhu takes 1-0 lead
The Indian shuttler dictates the tempo of the game against a defensive-looking Fitriani to register a 21-14 win. Sindhu produced a variety of strokes from both front and back of the court to find balance.
11-6! Sindhu has a five-point advantage over Fitriani at the mid-game interval
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The lanky Indian shuttler has been dominant in the early stages of the opening game #TOTALBWFWC2018
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Three-time World Championship medallist PV Sindhu takes on Indonesia’s Fitriani Fitriani. These two have met on four occasions in the past, where the Indian shuttler has been dominant with four victories.
Ygor Coelho upsets HS Prannoy: 8-21, 21-16, 21-15
The unseeded Brazilian shuttler sends the attacking Indian packing after a well-deserved win in three games. This is an upset. A big one!
HS Prannoy and women’s doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy are in action now
Prannoy’s match has entered the third game as he trails 12-12 against Ygor Coelho of Brazil.
Meanwhile, Ashwini and Sikki are struggling against Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota. They trail 7-14 in the opening game.
Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen beat Satwiksairaj and Chirag Shetty: 21-18, 15-21, 21-16
It was a strong show by the young Indian pair but the Danes had the last laugh. Astrup and Rasmussen were a bit better on the net and that made the difference.
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