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!
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Live Updates
- 16 March 2022 2:42 PM GMT
Another extremely poor show on India's card today...
The pair of Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha Ram only manage to gather 8 points in the match against the Thai pair and lose extremely poorly to crash out of the All England Open, 21-5, 21-3.
- 16 March 2022 2:36 PM GMT
Pretty meek show from Sameer Verma here, he loses too in straight sets...
Sameer Verma's injuries seem to be a bother here as he loses the match pretty fast to Mark Caljouw, 21-18, 21-11.
Chin up, Verma. Come back stronger.
- 16 March 2022 2:30 PM GMT
Meanwhile, even Krishna/Vishnu fail to capitalise and lose....
Krishna and Vishnu's All England campaign is brought to a rude halt now as they lose in straight games to the German pair, 21-16, 21-19!
- 16 March 2022 2:28 PM GMT
Sameer Verma's rhythm is not in place now...
Mark Caljouw is making smart moves here and Sameer Verma isn't able to cover up the points gap that keeps widening.
- 16 March 2022 2:16 PM GMT
Ah, tch! Sameer loses the lead as Caljouw shifts gears to win the first game!
Sameer falls on the backfoot as Mark Caljouw powers in and comes out on top of the rallies. Sameer's game needs some more time here.
Caljouw wins the first set 21-18 as Sameer's return falls wide.
Time for a comeback!
- 16 March 2022 2:11 PM GMT
Caljouw is pushing back, the rallies are getting longer but Sameer keeps up!
The first game is getting tight now as Caljouw is being relentless here and making Sameer move a lot. But Verma has the lead still at 14-15.
- 16 March 2022 2:02 PM GMT
Sameer is beautiful at the net as well, and smart
Sameer Verma gets off to a good start in the first game here and is playing some quality badminton, especially at the net and mixing the pace of his shots.
He leads by a thin margin at 8-7.
- 16 March 2022 1:52 PM GMT
Sameer Verma is also back - after such a long time!
Sameer Verma, returning from a nagging injury, will look to put his front foot forward as he goes up against Mark Caljouw. This will be slightly tricky!
