Badminton
All England Open 2022, Day 1 HIGHLIGHTS: Sindhu, Lakshya, Srikanth win — Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
India will begin their bid to win an elusive All England crown as badminton action begins at Birmingham. Lakshya, Sindhu, Praneeth, Satwik-Chirag and others in action. Follow LIVE.
Lakshya Sen and PV Sindhu will play in the Arctic Open Super 500. (Photo credit: BAC and Getty)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from the much-awaited All England Open 2022!
India's quest for an elusive All England crown will begin anew today as Indian badminton stars will get to the grind to end the 21-year-drought since the last All England win by Pullela Gopichand.
At the end of Day 1, HS Prannoy, MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila, Krishna Prasad/Vishnuvardhan Goud, Meghana/Poorvisha, Sameer Verma, Sai Praneeth, Parupalli Kashyap, Ashwini/Sikki, Aakarshi Kashyap, Sourabh Verma, Ishaan/Tanisha, Venkat Prasad/Juhi Dewangan have lost.
Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty, Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth are the only ones through to the Round of 16 after emphatic wins!
Follow all badminton action live here:
Live Updates
- 16 March 2022 6:54 PM GMT
In the Lakshya match, it is a tighter clash than expected!
Verma puts some pressure on the youngster and Lakshya makes a few errors in the opening game!
- 16 March 2022 6:47 PM GMT
Lakshya Sen in court too! He takes on Sourabh Verma!
Lakshya Sen, a debutant at the All England Open, will be opening his campaign against fellow Indian Sourabh Verma to book a second-round
date with either World Champion Loh Kean Yew or Denmark's Anders Antonsen!
Lakshya is in rave form and shouldn't have much trouble against Verma who leads their head to head.
- 16 March 2022 6:43 PM GMT
Kidambi Srikanth looks pretty sorted though
Kidambi Srikanth is settling in well into this match and has a good lead in the opening set against his Thai opponent.
- 16 March 2022 6:36 PM GMT
Kidambi Srikanth is also on court, let's get you some of the action from there!
Former World No. 1 and World Championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth is up against Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen now.
