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BWF World Championships LIVE : PV Sindhu Wins - Updates, Results, Scores, Blog
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Shuttler Lakshya Sen at HYLO Open (Source: BWF)
Welcome to The Bridge's LIVE Blog from Day 3 of the BWF World Championships 2021
Only 2 wins so far for India in the BWF World Championships 2021. Today is the big day though, with all the big names including PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Satwik-Chirag and the young Lakshya Sen in action.
While Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag had a bye in the first round, the young Sen got a walkover. Srikanth, on the other hand, notched up India's first win of this edition defeating Spain's Pablo Abian in straight games.
What do the Indian shuttlers have in store today?
Stay tuned for all the latest updates!
Live Updates
- 14 Dec 2021 2:03 PM IST
Equalised!
The Malaysians have finally caught up at 10-10. So will have the advantage at the break?
- 14 Dec 2021 1:57 PM IST
Saurabh-Anoushka LEAD
The Indians have raced to a 6-4 lead out of nowhere. Good play from the Indians so far.
- 14 Dec 2021 1:56 PM IST
Tight start to game 2
The Indians have matched the Malaysians shot to shot in game number 2. 4-4.
- 14 Dec 2021 1:51 PM IST
Easy Peasy!
The Malaysians take the first game without breaking a sweat. 21-8 in just 12 minutes and Anoushka-Saurabh look deflated.
- 14 Dec 2021 1:48 PM IST
16-6
Certainly not going in India's favour this game. Completely lopsided so far.
- 14 Dec 2021 1:45 PM IST
7-point lead
A massive seven-point lead as we head to the mid-game interval within 5 minutes. 11-4 and the Indians, as expected, have been completely outplayed so far.
- 14 Dec 2021 1:42 PM IST
The Malaysians lead
Good start for Tan and Lei, and the Indians seem to be struggling already. 6-2 Lead.
- 14 Dec 2021 1:32 PM IST
Sharma-Parikh on court!
Sharma and Parikh have arrived on court number 1. We will be set to go in the next few minutes!
- 14 Dec 2021 1:18 PM IST
Saurabh-Anoushka in action first
The mixed doubles pair of Saurabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikh will start of the day for India. They will be up against the ninth seed Malaysians Lai Pei Jing and Tan Kian Meng.
An uphill task for the Indians against one of the top pairs in the world.
- 14 Dec 2021 1:10 PM IST
Indians in action
None of the Indians in action today apart from Srikanth have played the first round. Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag were awarded a bye, while Saurabh-Anoushka, Lakshya got walkovers.
