Badminton
Badminton World Tour Finals 2021 LIVE, Day 1- Satwik-Chirag loses, Lakshya Sen handed win - Scores, Updates, Results, Live blog
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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the top men's doubles player from India. (Source: BAI)
Welcome to the Day 1 live blog of The Bridge from the BWF HSBC Badminton World Tour Finals 2021!
Indian badminton is on a good roll and the Badminton World Tour Finals 2021 has seen India qualifying its largest-ever contingent with 7 shuttlers making the cut for the season-ending tournament. It's an exciting day of badminton ahead with PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, and the women's doubles duo of Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy and the dynamic men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty all scheduled to open their campaign today in the group stage matches.
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Live Updates
- 1 Dec 2021 8:11 AM IST
11-5
An identical scoreline at the break, but this time the Indians were nowhere near the level of badminton played by the Japanese pair. Ashwini-Sikki were 5-2 up but are now trailing 5-11. This does not look good for India.
- 1 Dec 2021 8:08 AM IST
Unstoppable!
Matsuyama and Shida are looking unstoppable now. 7 straight points and the Indians have no clue what has hit them. Japan leads 9-5.
- 1 Dec 2021 8:07 AM IST
Japan LEADS
Make that 4 consecutive points and Japan leads 6-5 now. Pressure building on Ashwini-Sikki.
- 1 Dec 2021 8:06 AM IST
Equalised!
The Indians were 5-2 up, and they have squandered the advantage. 3 points in a row for Japan and things are now level at 5-5.
- 1 Dec 2021 8:04 AM IST
India LEADS
Sikki Reddy comes up with two stellar shots, one from behind the court and one from the net and India leads 4-2. Good start!
- 1 Dec 2021 8:02 AM IST
1-1
Japan takes the first point of the second game, India follows soon after. 1-1.
- 1 Dec 2021 8:00 AM IST
Japan takes Game 1!
Matsuyama and Shida walk away with the first game without really breaking a sweat. An easy 21-14 wrap up for them despite some pieces of brilliance from Ashwini-Sikki.
The Indians were competitive for the most part, but are clearly lacking that killer instinct. Can they come up with anything better in game 2?
- 1 Dec 2021 7:58 AM IST
7-point lead
Once again Matsuyama and Shida have opened up a big gap towards the end. A 7-point lead at 19-12 and this game seems well in the pocket for Japan.
- 1 Dec 2021 7:56 AM IST
52-shot rally.
A 52-shot rally and this goes in favour of Japan, thanks to a wide shot from Ashwini Ponnappa. 16-10 lead for Japan.
- 1 Dec 2021 7:55 AM IST
Japan back in control
The Japanese pair has managed to put a hold on India's run and has stitched together a few points as well. They lead 14-10.
