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BWF World Championships 2023: Kidambi Srikanth knocked out; Prannoy and Lakshya advance to 2nd round — Highlights
Catch the highlights of the BWF World Championships 2023 Day 1 matches of HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth.
HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen
Kidambi Srikanth was knocked out of BWF World Championships in the first round in Copenhagen, Denmark, as HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen progressed to the men's singles second round on Monday.
Prannoy and Lakshya advanced to the Round of 32 with a contrasting straight-game win over Kalle Koljonen and Georges Julien Paul.
Srikanth lost to world no. 18 Kenta Nishimoto in straight games.
As it happened:
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- 21 Aug 2023 10:22 AM GMT
Lakshya Sen in action shortly
World no. 11 Lakshya, the former World Championships bronze medallist, faces Georges Julien Paul of Mauritius in round of 64.
- 21 Aug 2023 10:16 AM GMT
Prannoy advances to Round of 32
Prannoy wins the second game 21-10 and wraps up the match. A straight-game win for the world no. 9 Indian.
24-22, 21-10 is the final result.
- 21 Aug 2023 9:58 AM GMT
Prannoy takes lead against Koljonen
Prannoy wins a roller coaster first game 24-22 against Koljonen. Prannoy fights back from 17-20 to take the lead against world no. 57 Koljonen of Finland.
- 21 Aug 2023 9:50 AM GMT
Game 1: Close fight between Prannoy and Koljonen
Kalle Koljonen fights back after the first game break to draw level 14-14. He takes 16-14 lead before Prannoy levels the proceeding at 17-17.
- 21 Aug 2023 9:39 AM GMT
HS Prannoy in action
Prannoy is playing world no. 57 Kalle Koljonen of Finland. The Indian takes 11-8 lead at the first game interval.
- 21 Aug 2023 8:35 AM GMT
Prannoy, Lakshya and Srikanth in action
Later today, India's top three men's singles players - HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth - will be in action in their Round of 64 matches at the BWF World Championships 2023.
- 21 Aug 2023 8:29 AM GMT
Rohank/Sikki bows out of World Championships
Rohan Kapoor and N. Sikki Reddy bowed out of the BWF World Championships 2023. The mixed doubles pair lost 14-21, 22-20, 18-21 in 59 minutes against Scotland's Adam Hall and Julie Macpherson.
The Indian pair levelled the match in the second game after losing the first. But their fight went in vain as the Scotish pair held their nerves to get the better of the Indians in the third game.
- 21 Aug 2023 7:30 AM GMT
Rohan Sikki lose 1st game 14-21
At the first interval of the match, the Indian pair trails 5-11. And the lead grows before the first game is qwon by 7 points. At the interval, the Indian pair is advised to try to take the game deep.
- 21 Aug 2023 7:12 AM GMT
Rohan/Sikki begin India's BWF Worlds campaign
Rohan Kapoor and Sikki Reddy begin their XD match against the Scottish pair to begin India's participation.
Indian pair concedes an early 2-6 deficit.
- 21 Aug 2023 6:21 AM GMT
Can Prannoy, Lakshya end India's wait for gold?
The closest an Indian shuttler came to winning a World Championships gold in men's singles is Kidambi Srikanth, who had to settle for silver after losing the final to Loh Kean Yew in 2021.
Can Prannoy and Lakshya, being the two in-form players, end the title drought in Denmark?
Prannoy, seeded ninth in the event, will be India's best bet for the men's singles gold along with Lakshya, the 11th seed.
