All England Open 2022, Day 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Lakshya, Satwik-Chirag, Gayatri-Treesa into quarters — Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
Suffering shock exits, Sindhu, Saina and Srikanth bowed out while Lakshya Sen, Satwik-Chirag, Gayatri/Treesa powered on into the quarters of the All England Open 2022.
Kidambi Srikanth, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen will eye quarter-finals at All England Open 2022
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from Day 2 of the All England Open 2022!
In a dramatic day at the Arena Birmingham, birthday girl Saina Nehwal played a spirited match against Akane Yamaguchi, even taking a set off her before she lost, 21-14, 17-21, 21-17. PV Sindhu, as well, played a good match but couldn't match up to Sayaka Takahashi as the southpaw proved to be too good for Sindhu, third time in a row and Sindhu had an early exit, 21-19, 16-21, 21-17.
On the men's singles front, Lakshya Sen kept his giant-killing spree on as he played a sensational match against World No. 3 Anders Antonsen and booked his place in the quarters, 21-16, 21-18. Meanwhile, Kidambi Srikanth had a tough loss against Anthony Ginting, 21-9, 18-21, 19-21.
On the doubles front, both pairs have booked their spots in the quarters after Satwik-Chirag practically dominated against a German pair, 21-7, 21-7 and on the other hand, Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly also had a pretty solid outing against the Olympic champions before Apriyani Rahayu retired, 18-21, 19-14 (ret.)
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It was quite the day at the All England Open 2022 with India losing 3 matches and winning 3 matches to keep their campaign alive at the BWF Super 1000 tournament.
Lakshya Sen will be up against China's Lu Guang Zu in the quarter-finals.
Satwik-Chirag will have to cross paths (again) with the Indonesian Minions and hope for a miracle on their 11th meeting.
Meanwhile, Gayatri-Treesa will take on Korean second seeds Sohee Lee and Seungchan Shin, meanwhile!
This was a tough loss! Kidambi was in sharp form in the opening set but Ginting powered back and how! Srikanth made too many errors again at the net but this is such a tough loss.
Quite the day of upsets here at the All England Open as all the Indian veterans exit and the NextGen continues.