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Badminton World Championships Day 1 LIVE: Lakshya, Prannoy, Srikanth start with wins — Scores, Results, Blog
Catch all the badminton action live from Day 1 of the BWF World Championships in Tokyo, Japan as Lakshya, Srikanth, Prannoy will open their campaigns. Follow LIVE.
Welcome to the very first day of badminton action from the much-awaited BWF World Championships 2022 being held in Tokyo, Japan!
In PV Sindhu's absence, all eyes will be on men - Lakshya Sen & Co. to deliver a medal for India from the Championships.
A lot of mouth-watering clashes are lined up for the day as Lakshya, Prannoy, Srikanth, and others will open their bid.
Follow all badminton action live from BWF World Championships:
Live Updates
- 22 Aug 2022 10:59 AM GMT
We have HS Prannoy in action!
HS Prannoy, who has had quite some bit of a rest, is back in action at the BWF World Championships!
He is up against Luka Wraber!
Into Game 1, Prannoy leads 11-7!
- 22 Aug 2022 10:07 AM GMT
We have Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun in action as well and it is a tight clash!
Indian men's doubles duo of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila are up against Jomkoh/Kederen and they have taken the first set, 21-17!
But it has been pretty intense from both pairs.
- 22 Aug 2022 8:26 AM GMT
And Lakshya Sen wins!! Into the second round!
This match happened more easily than expected as Lakshya Sen completely dominated the Danish legend Vittinghus in this opening round clash and won, 21-12, 21-11 to progress into the pre-quarters.