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 4:45 PM GMT
And we have a winner!
It looked as though Beatriz would fight back and claim the second game but Saina Nehwal has outshined her to win the second game by 21-19.
- 16 March 2022 4:41 PM GMT
Saina Nehwal makes it 17-17!
Brilliant play from the Indian to fight back and go again to seal the match point.
- 16 March 2022 4:18 PM GMT
17-10 in favour of Nehwal!
She is really dominating this game and has really dominated the proceedings so far giving her opponent no chance to recover.
- 16 March 2022 4:13 PM GMT
Saina Nehwal's match is underway!
She leads 10-8 in the first game of the match.
