Badminton World Championships Day 1 LIVE: Lakshya, Prannoy, Srikanth start with wins — Scores, Results, Blog

Lot of snarky attack from both pairs as the Japanese pair lag behind at 7-10 in this second game

Into Game 2, Attri and Reddy force errors from their opponents and lead 6-3

Mathias Boe is not pleased, he tries to motivate Manu and Sumeeth as we begin Game 2

Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy are in action!

The Indian men's doubles duo of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy are up against the Japanese pair of Hiroki OKAMURA and Masayuki ONODERA.

Into the opening game, the Japanese have been racing off with their winners and they take the game, 21-11

And Malvika Bansod goes down fighting to Line Christophersen...

And it's an early exit for Malvika Bansod here as she exits in the first round of the BWF World Championships, losing 21-14, 21-12

Into Game 2, Malvika Bansod puts up a better fight

Malvika Bansod is playing much better in the second game and keeps close to Line Chirstophersen on the board at 10-11.

Malvika Bansod loses the first game, 21-14

We will have Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy in men's doubles action soon too

We have Malvika Bansod in women's singles action currently

With PV Sindhu not there in women's singles, it will be up to Malvika Bansod, Saina Nehwal to try and pull off surprises here.

The young Bansod is up against Line Christophersen and is lagging at 16-7 in the opening game against the Dane.

Praneeth did put up a great fight, in any case

Come back stronger, champ!