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BWF World Championships 2021, Day 4 LIVE: HS Prannoy and Ashwini/Sikki march on - Updates, Results, Score, Blog
After a good Day 3, can Indian shuttlers keep the momentum going at the Badminton World Championships? Follow LIVE.
Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy (Source: Getty)
Welcome to the live blog of The Bridge from Day 4 of the ongoing BWF World Championships in Huelva, Spain.
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The star-studded biennial badminton showdown is looking good for top Indian shuttlers as it was a very pleasant day of victories on Day 3 of the event. Satwik-Chirag, Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, and defending World Champion, PV Sindhu got off to winning starts to their campaign in Huelva, Spain.
To keep this winning momentum going, we have three matches lined up today in quick succession - HS Prannoy will take on Malaysia's Liew Daren in the Men's Singles while the Men's Doubles duo of Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun will face-off against the Russian pair of, Vladimir Ivanov-Ivan Sozonov, the eleventh seeds and in the other match, the Women's Doubles will see Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy taking on the fourteenth seeded Chinese duo of Liu Xuan Xuan-Xia Yu Ting.
Can they keep the winning streak going?
Follow all LIVE updates here:
Live Updates
- 15 Dec 2021 9:04 AM GMT
Creative moves from Ashwini-Sikki as they are being slick around the net!
Ashwini-Sikki are looking in good shape today against the Chinese as they lead 9-6 in the opening game!
- 15 Dec 2021 9:04 AM GMT
Arjun and Kapila still trailing far behind.
The Indian duo is 11-5 behind the Russians who look very dominating.
- 15 Dec 2021 9:01 AM GMT
Arjun/Kapila trail behind 6-4
Arjun and Kapila are just 2 points behind the Russians.
- 15 Dec 2021 9:00 AM GMT
Ashwini-Sikki off to a good start!
Things are looking at par in the Women's Doubles match and Ashwini-Sikki Reddy are settling in as they take the lead at 4-3!
- 15 Dec 2021 8:53 AM GMT
We have 2 matches simultaneously now, let's get ready!
We have both the Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles action now!
MR Arjun/Dhruv Kapila will take on the eleventh seeds from Russia.
Ashwini Ponnappa/N Sikki Reddy will lock horns against the Chinese fourteenth seeds!
Let's gooo!
- 15 Dec 2021 8:50 AM GMT
LOUD, LOUD SCREAM FROM PRANNOY AS HE WINS!
HS Prannoy displays a solid form here as he defeats Daren Liew in 42 minutes, winning in 21-7, 21-17!
Beautiful show this was - into the third round for HS Prannoy! What a start to the day!
- 15 Dec 2021 8:44 AM GMT
Daren attempts a comeback here - gets a few on the board too but Prannoy has the reins!
Prannoy doesn't want to waste time here and leads 18-13!
