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Badminton World Championships LIVE: Srikanth wins, Praneeth in action - Scores, Updates, Live Blog
Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth are among 6 Indians in action on the opening day of the BWF World Championships.
Kidambi Srikanth is the first seed in the Men's Singles category
India's 25-member contingent begins its campaign on the opening day of the BWF World Badminton Championships on Sunday in Huelva, Spain. Men's singles hopes Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth will be in action.
Praneeth, who medalled in 2019, will be facing Dutch Mark Caljouw in the opener who dumped him out of the Olympics. Srikanth will be up against home player Pablo Abian, but is favourite to win and run into China's Li Shifeng in the next round. Lakshya Sen has received a walkover in his first-round match. Men's doubles pair Sumeeth R - Manu Attri and women's doubles pair Pooja D - Sanjana S will also be in action on Sunday.
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- 12 Dec 2021 1:08 PM GMT
Two more matches till the first Indian action of the day
Olympic semifinalist Kevin Cordon from Guatemala Flag of Guatemala is through to the next round. Kisona Selvaduray's match has started on Court 2, meanwhile. Which means Pooja DANDU and Sanjana SANTOSH's women's doubles match is in line to be the first match of the day for Indians. That's coming up after 2 more matches. We should be sure to have the first Indian action by 8 pm IST then.
- 12 Dec 2021 11:48 AM GMT
Day 1 so far
Around 5 matches have been played each on the three courts. A Russian pair's win over a German pair in the women's doubles section on Court 1 took 1 hour and 20 minutes to complete - and so there are 5 more matches to be played on both Court 1 and Court 2 before it's time for the first Indian appearance at the event.
Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy will be the first match underway. We can expect that match to happen in another three hours or so. Closely following will be Srikanth and Praneeth on the same court.
- 12 Dec 2021 10:31 AM GMT
4th seed Chou Tien Chen in action
Chou Tien Chen vs Sitthikom Thammasin - the biggest match of the day, featuring the 4th seed from Chinese Taipei. Still six matches to be played on Court 1 before the Indians step on to the court.
- 12 Dec 2021 9:19 AM GMT
BWF World Championships: India's medal hopes
India's brightest hope PV Sindhu will be in action later in the week. She is the defending champion, and the only Indian representative in women's singles this time. Sai Praneeth had won Bronze in the last edition, as India had finished with 2 podium finishes.
The year-ending badminton tournament will feature many other Indians this time, and with the field being severely depleted, who knows what this edition of the World Championships have in store for India. Four Indians are there in the men's singles draw - Praneeth, Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy - two of whom will be in action on Sunday.
- 12 Dec 2021 9:09 AM GMT
2021 World Championships begin: India's schedule for the day
The 2021 BWF World Championships are underway! Japanese Mixed doubles pair Keiichiro MATSUI and Yoshinori TAKEUCHI take the first win of the tournament in 29 minutes. The Indians are in action later in the day. According to the schedule, the doubles matches for the Indians should start at around 6:30 pm IST.
