BWF World Championships 2023: Kidambi Srikanth knocked out; Prannoy and Lakshya advance to 2nd round — Highlights
Catch the highlights of the BWF World Championships 2023 Day 1 matches of HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth.
HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen
Kidambi Srikanth was knocked out of BWF World Championships in the first round in Copenhagen, Denmark, as HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen progressed to the men's singles second round on Monday.
Prannoy and Lakshya advanced to the Round of 32 with a contrasting straight-game win over Kalle Koljonen and Georges Julien Paul.
Srikanth lost to world no. 18 Kenta Nishimoto in straight games.
As it happened:
Kenta Nishimoto completely outplayed Kidambi Srikanth and defeated him 21-14, 21-14.
That ends the first day for the Indian contingent.
Kidmabi Srikanth is struggling at the moment as Nishimoto leads 11-6 and Srikanth is on verge of an early exit.
Kidambi Srikanth concedes the first game despite a lead and he has a lot of work to do in the second game.
A lead of 12-9 for Kidambi Srikanth in the first game and has a good control over the game at the moment.
Prannoy will face Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo of Indonesia as Lakshya takes on Jeon Hyeok Jin of South Korea in their respective Round of 32 matches.
Kidambi Srikanth is the only Indian who came close to winning the World Championships gold in men's singles. Srikanth played in the World Championships final in 2021 but lost to Loh Kean Yew.
Kidambi Srikanth will be in action against Japanese Kenta Nishimoto in their Round of 64 match.
Srikanth has a 6-3 head-to-head record against Nishimoto. In their last meeting at the Australian Open, Srikanth defeated the Japanese shuttler 21-18, 21-7.
Dominant Lakshya Sen wins his Round of 64 match in straight games (21-12, 21-7) against Georges Julien Paul. The Indian shuttler needs just 25 minutes to wrap up the match.
Lakshya has 13 point advantage in the second game against Georges Paul. The world no. 11 leads 19-6 against.
Lakshya in full control of the match and wins the first game 21-12 against Georges Julien Paul.
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