Badminton
Badminton Asia C'ships: PV Sindhu win, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy exit - HIGHLIGHTS
It was a mixed day for India in the first round of the 2025 Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China.
P.V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen. (Photo Credit: BAI)
Top Indian shuttlers were in action for the first-round matches of the 2025 Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China, on Wednesday.
India has sent a depleted squad at the Championships because of the injury issues of a couple of players. PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen were some the few big names who led the Indian contingent at the event.
While PV Sindhu started her campaign with a first-round match victory over Ester Wardoyo of Indonesia, whereas Lakshya went down to Lee Chia-hao of Chinese Taipei in his first-round match-up.
As it happened:
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- 9 April 2025 10:00 AM GMT
A comfortable win for the youngster Kiran George in first round
Kiran took a straight game win against the Kazakh shuttler, who showed a good fight in first round but ran out of steam in second, facing a tough defeat.
Final Score: Kiran George (IND) 21-16, 21-8 Dmitriy Panarain (KAZ)
- 9 April 2025 8:10 AM GMT
A dominating win for the men's doubles pair of Hariharan and Ruban Kumar in first round
The Indian men's doubles pairing of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi took a dominating straight-game win against Srilankan pair and advanced to the second round.
Final Score: Hariharan-Ruban (IND) 21-3, 21-12 Dulanjana-Weerasinghe (SRI)
- 9 April 2025 7:15 AM GMT
Priya-Shruti exited in the first round
The Indian women's doubles pair of Priya Devi and Shruti Mishra had a first-round exit from the Asian Championships, losing a straight-game match to the Chinese Taipei pair.
Final Score: Priya-Shruti (IND) 11-21, 13-21 Sung-Chien (TPE)
- 9 April 2025 6:00 AM GMT
Up Next: WD - Priya-Shruti (IND) Vs Sung-Chien (TPE) at 12:30 PM IST
This is the second meeting between the two pairs.
Sung and Chien got the better of the young Indian pair in their last meeting in the first round of the 2024 Kohsiung Masters, winning the match in straight games: 21-16, 21-8.
- 9 April 2025 5:20 AM GMT
Here is the schedule for the remaining Indian matches of the day
Eight matches are remaining for the Indian shuttlers on Wednesday, which include two doubles and six in the singles category.
Schedule:
- 9 April 2025 5:00 AM GMT
HS Prannoy exits in the first round, losing a three-game match to Lu Guang Zu of China
The former medalist and Olympian HS Prannoy could not cross the opening hurdle and faced a tight three-game (16-21, 21-12, 11-21) defeat to the Chinese shuttler in the round of 32.
- 9 April 2025 4:50 AM GMT
Mixed doubles pair of Dhruv-Tanisha start with a win on the first day
The Indian mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto reached the second round of the Championships on Tuesday with a three-game win against Malaysia’s Hoo Pang Ron and Cheng Su Yin.
Following them, another Indian pair of Ashith Surya and Amrutha Pramuthesh also put on a dominant display, defeating Sri Lankan qualifiers to reach the second round.
Here are the details of the first day of the competition:
