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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.
Lakshya Sen (Photo Credit: AP)
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 6:08 AM GMT
Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy are in action!
The Indian men's doubles duo of Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy are up against the Japanese pair of Hiroki OKAMURA and Masayuki ONODERA.
Into the opening game, the Japanese have been racing off with their winners and they take the game, 21-11
- 22 Aug 2022 5:46 AM GMT
And Malvika Bansod goes down fighting to Line Christophersen...
And it's an early exit for Malvika Bansod here as she exits in the first round of the BWF World Championships, losing 21-14, 21-12
- 22 Aug 2022 5:41 AM GMT
Into Game 2, Malvika Bansod puts up a better fight
Malvika Bansod is playing much better in the second game and keeps close to Line Chirstophersen on the board at 10-11.
- 22 Aug 2022 5:22 AM GMT
We have Malvika Bansod in women's singles action currently
With PV Sindhu not there in women's singles, it will be up to Malvika Bansod, Saina Nehwal to try and pull off surprises here.
The young Bansod is up against Line Christophersen and is lagging at 16-7 in the opening game against the Dane.
