Badminton Asia Championships, Day 2 LIVE: Kidambi Srikanth in action — Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth are set to star in the day's badminton action at the Asia Championships. Follow LIVE.
PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth (Source: Getty)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from Day 2 of the Badminton Asia Championships 2022!
It's set to be an action-packed day of badminton with our star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, among others chiefly featuring in action at Manila, Philippines as they open their campaign at the Asia Championships.
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Kidambi Srikanth comes through in straight sets and wins 22-20, 21-15! The first game was really intense but Srikanth manages to stay in the medal hunt.
That's all for today - Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth are the only ones to go through in the singles to the next round.
That was some scare but Kidambi manages to calm his nerves and wins the opening game, 22-20!
Yong suddenly shows a fresh spark and puts a lot of pressure on Kidambi's serve and covers up the points gap.
It is 20 ALL!
What nerves again!
Kidambi Srikanth is in cruise control here and has taken a healthy lead in the opening game, 11-5
Kidambi Srikanth has come out on the court and is ready to clash against Ng Tze Yong!
Srikanth gets off to a dominant 7-2 start in the opening game. Full fire!
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