Asian Games Badminton: Sindhu, Prannoy & Satwik-Chirag reach quarters, Srikanth loses - Highlights

Game 1: Sindhu leads 2-1

Sindhu wins a rally with a down the line smash to gain  2-1 lead against Wardani.

PV Sindhu vs Putri Kusuma Wardani

World no. 15 PV Sindhu will play her Round of 16 match against world no. 34 Putri Kusuma Wardani. 

They met twice in 2023 and have a 1-1 head-to-head record, with Sindhu winning the R16 match against Wardani at the Madrid Spain Masters. 

Order of Play, Match Timing

Women’s Singles Round of 16 - PV Sindhu vs Putri Kusuma Wardani (Indonesia) at 7:30 AM IST

Men’s Singles Round of 16 - H.S Prannoy vs Dimitriy Panarin (Kazakhstan) at 7:50 AM IST

Women’s Doubles Round of 16 - Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand vs Kim So-Yeong-Kong Hee Yong (South Korea) 8:10 AM

Mixed Doubles Round of 16 - Krishna Prasad-Tanisha Crasto vs Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia) 8:30 AM IST

Men's Doubles Round of 16 - Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty vs Leo Rolly Carnando-Daniel Marthin (Indonesia) 9:10 AM IST

Men’s Singles Round of 16 - Kidambi Srikanth vs Kodai Naraoka (Japan) 10:10 AM IST

Women’s Doubles Round of 16 - Tanisha Crasto-Ashwini Ponnappa vs Zhang Shu Xian- Zheng Yu (China) 10:30 AM IST