2019 India Open Badminton Live: Day 1

Catch all the live coverage here: Day 1 of the Yonex Sunrise Indian Open badminton has begun and the qualification phase is currently on. As it's a local tournament expect to see a lot of Indians in the qualifying phase. Main event results (Women's doubles RO 32) : Aparna Balan / Sruthi (IND) defeat Rudrani / Anubha by a score of 21-10; 21-5 Ruethaichanok LAISUAN / Supamart MINGCHUA (THA) defeat Meghana JAKKAMPUDI/ Poorvisha (IND) by a score of 21-16; 21-19 Jongkolphan KITITHARAKUL / Rawinda PRAJONGJAI (THA) defeat Varsha V BELAWADI / Leela Lakshmi (IND) by a score of 21-2; 21-7 Lu CHEN / Ya XUShenan (CHN) defeat Shenan CHRISTIAN / Riya GAJJAR (IND) by a score of 21-7; 21-4 Ashwini PONNAPPA / Sikki REDDY  defeat the Chinese pair Wenmei LI / Yu ZHENG by a score of 22-20; 21-19 Main event results (Men's doubles RO 32) : Vasantha Kumar / Ashith Surya (IND) defeat Siddharth / Pavan Malik (IND) by a score of 21-12; 21-23; 21-14. They become the third Indian men's doubles pair in this year's tournament to be through to Round of 16. Mohamad Arif Ab Latif ARIF / Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub AZRIYN (MAS) defeat Harinder Malik / Pankaj Natani (IND) by a score of 21-10; 21-8 Kaixiang HUANG / Zekang WANG defeat

Arjun / Ramchandran SHLOK (IND) by a score of 21-16; 21-18 Kah Ming CHOOI / Juan Shen LOW (MAS) defeat Aditya NAIR / Venkat Gaurav PRASAD (IND) by a score of 21-9; 21-9 Aniruddha MAYEKA / Singh VINAY KUMAR (IND) defeat Singh KUNWAR ISHAN / Chandrabhusan TRIPATHI (IND) by a score of 21-15; 14-21; 21-13. They become the second Indian men's doubles pair in this year's tournament to be through to Round of 16. Tinn ISRIYANET / Kittisak NAMDASH (THA) defeat Prince CHATURVEDI / Tushar SHARMA (IND) by a score of 21-13; 21-17 Kapil CHAUDHARY / Shubham YADAV (IND) defeat Bhaskar CHAKRABORTY / Gaurav DESWAL (IND) by a score of 21-12; 15-21; 21-16. They become the first Indian pair in this year's tournament to be through to Round of 16. Xuanyi OU / Xiangyu REN (CHN) defeat Ketan CHAHAL / Satinder MALIK (IND) by a score of 21-14; 21-14 Goh Sze Fei / Nur Izzuddin (MAS) defeat Vikrant Chawat / Prem Singh Chauhan (IND) by a score of 21-8; 21-11 RESULTS (Mixed doubles Quarter finals Qualification phase) : Siddharth / Daksha GAUTAM (IND) defeat Vishal THAKRAN / Manali SINHA (IND) by a score of 21-18; 21-17 Nishant DUA / Saruni SHARMA (IND) defeat Anubhav SAXENA / Megha Morchana (IND) by a score of 17-21;21-17;21-12 Chun Man TANG / Tsz Yau NG (HK) defeat Mohamed MUANIS / Aparna BALAN by a score of 21-6;21-15 RESULTS (Women's singles Quarter finals Qualification phase) : Prashi JOSHI (IND) defeats Shruti MUNDADA (IND) by a score of 21-14;21-17 Ritika THAKER (IND) defeats Doha HANY (EGY) by a score of 21-6; 21-6 Vaidehi Chaudari (IND) through to next round on account of walkover from Saili Rane (IND) Riya Mookerjee (IND) through to next round on account of walkover from Lauren Lam (USA) RESULTS (Men's singles Quarter finals Qualification phase) : Siddharath THAKUR (IND) defeats Gurpartap Singh DHALIWAL (IND) by a score of 21-6; 21-13 Rahul Yadav CHITTABOINA (IND) defeats Anant Shivam JINDAL (IND) by a score of 21-14; 21-15 Kartik Jindal (IND) defeats Sarath DUNNA (IND) by a score of 21-12; 21-23; 21-19 Kartikey GULSHAN KUMAR (IND) defeats Siddharth (IND) by a score of 21-16; 21-13 RESULTS (Men's doubles Quarter finals Qualification phase) : Ravi / Lakshay SAROHA (IND) defeat Hruitvik AMBEKAR / Siddesh AROSKAR (IND) by a score of 21-17,21-13 Mohanraj ELUMALAI / Velavan VASUDEVAN (IND) defeat Sunjith / Raphel SHARON (IND) by a score of 14-21; 23-21; 21-13 Pranaav Jerry CHOPRA / Shivam SHARMA (IND) defeat Vikas CHAUHAN / Sandeep CHOUDHARY (IND) by a score of 21-10; 21-5 Senthil Vel / Vembarasan (IND) through to next round on account of walkover by Prince Chaturvedi / Tushar Sharma (IND) RESULTS (Women's doubles Quarter finals Qualification phase) : Anees Kowsar / Saruni SHARMA (IND) defeat Shehjar CHOWDHARY / Anusha GOEL (IND) by a score of 21-12; 21-12 Xiaofei CHEN / Chaomin ZHOU (CHN) defeat Kuhoo GARG / Anoushka PARIKH (IND) by a score of 21-9;21-7 Megha Morchana BORA / Manali SINHA (IND) defeat Anamika KASHYAP / Sanghamitra SAIKIA (IND) by a score of 24-22; 21-13 Tulasi BAILUPUDI / Shivani Santosh SINGH (IND) defeat Daksha GAUTAM / Nisha KARAMCHAND (IND) by a score of 13-7 (retd.) RESULTS (Men's singles RO16 Qualification phase) : Gurpartap Singh DHALIWAL (IND) defeats Rajat RATHORE (IND) by a score of 13-21; 21-18; 22-20 Kartikey GULSHAN KUMAR (IND) defeats Satinder Malik (IND) by a score of 21-7;21-5 Anant Shivam JINDAL (IND) defeats Hardik MAKKAR (IND) by a score of 22-20; 21-19 Siddharath Thakur (IND) through to next round on account of walkover from Mathew Fogarty (USA) Sarath DUNNA (IND) defeats Yehezkiel Fritz MAINAKY (INA) by a score of 21-9; 17-21; 21-16 Rahul Yadav CHITTABOINA (IND) defeats Aneeth Kumar REPUDI (IND) by a score of 21-11; 21-12 Siddharth beats (IND) defeats Abhishek YELIGAR (IND) by a score of 22-20; 21-15 Kartik Jindal (IND) defeats Pavel KOTSARENKO (RUS) by a score of 21-19; 21-9

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Srikanth upbeat about his chances

"I always play to win; it’s a good draw and I feel it will be a great competition with so many quality international stars coming in for the tournament,” said 2015 men’s singles winner Kidambi Srikanth. Srikanth, who is now ranked No. 7 in the world, also made it clear that his goal is to climb back into the top 3. Injuries had robbed him of consistency since his phenomenal season in 2017 but with an improved fitness, Srikanth is looking forward to creating fireworks again.

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Sindhu hoping to ride high on the crowd support at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.

Raring to go after a couple of weeks of intense training, 2017 champion PV Sindhu is eager to lay her hands on the trophy again. The World No. 6 reached the final of India’s premier badminton tournament for the last two years. Losing a nail-biter has undoubtedly made her more determined this time.

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The ninth edition of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open - part of HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 will witness participation of 292 shuttlers from 13 countries across five categories at the Indira Gandhi Stadium till March 31. An exciting event awaits the people of Delhi and the television viewers across the world.