Badminton
German Open 2022, Day 3 LIVE: Srikanth, Prannoy, Lakshya in quarters — Scores, Updates, Results, Blog
A lot of exciting badminton clashes are lined up for the day with Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth, Sen eyeing quarterfinals at the German Open. Follow all updates here.
Indian Shuttlers and BWF Awards
Hello and welcome to the Day 3 live blog of The Bridge for the German Open 2022!
So far, in the women's singles, both PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal have crashed out of the Super 300 and could not make it till the quarterfinals.
In the men's singles, we have Kidambi Srikanth who has booked his spot in the quarters. Lakshya and Prannoy have also booked their tickets to the quarters.
In the doubles, the men's duo of Ishaan Bhatnagar/Sai Pratheek lost to the pair of Krishna Prasad/Vishnuvardhan Goud who are into the quarters.
In the women's, the combine of Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand also lost.
Live Updates
- 10 March 2022 9:41 AM GMT
Sindhu is going for the cross-courts and the kill!
Our woman is in yellow and is trying to make good angles with her returns now and smashing down hard! Let's go, Sindhu!
She leads 7-6 in Game 2.
- 10 March 2022 9:33 AM GMT
Unexpected from PV Sindhu as she loses the first game, 21-14
Big spot of worry here for PV Sindhu as her errors have just cost her the opening game. She loses it 21-14 after trying to make a late comeback.
In Game 2, she needs to pull up her socks and attack!
- 10 March 2022 9:31 AM GMT
Sindhu's mistakes keep piling here, Zhang has the lead at 13-18
Sindhu gets back on serve but she is making too many errors which is giving away points to the Chinese. She needs to ensure that she doesn't give room for such errors!
Come on, Sindhu!
- 10 March 2022 9:25 AM GMT
Zhang Yi Man suddenly has the momentum, Sindhu on the back foot
Spot of trouble for PV Sindhu as Zhang Yi Man gets to the mid-game interval first at 11-6. Sindhu needs to reduce her errors here.
- 10 March 2022 9:21 AM GMT
Gritty beginning to the match!
Quick change of services from both ends as Zhang puts some early pressure on Sindhu. It is 5 ALL in the opening game.
- 10 March 2022 9:13 AM GMT
First up, we have PV Sindhu in the day's order of business!
PV Sindhu will get things underway here as the World No. 7 Indian shuttler will take on China's Man Yi Zhang, the World No. 34 for the first time in her career.
Sindhu displayed a fantastic performance in the first round against a usually formidable Busanan Ongbamrungphan and dominated her to win the match easily in straight games.
Sindhu will look to keep a similar momentum in today's match.
- 10 March 2022 9:03 AM GMT
A very warm welcome as we have a packed day of badminton action ahead!
Ready, steady and buckle up as we have an exciting day ahead of us with some high-intensity matches coming our way. You can expect thrilling contests as well as our Indian shuttlers get ready to book their quarterfinal spots!
