BWF World Championships 2022: HS Prannoy wins, Ashwini Ponnappa N Sikki Reddy pair knocked out of the Badminton World championships

Indian women's pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy crashed out of the BWF World Championships 2022. The Indian duo lost in straight games against China's Chin Qing Chin and Jia Yi Fan in the women's doubles second-round match on Wednesday. The result of the match against the Ashwini-Sikki pair is 15-21 and 10-21. While HS Prannoy has utterly dominated Kento Momota, winning against the home contender 21-17, 21-16. This was his first win against the former World No.1 in eight matches they faced. Prannoy entered the Round of 16 where he would meet fellow Indian Lakshya Sen.

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The Indian duo was not in rhythm from the beginning of the match. The women's team could not defend properly, let alone play aggressively against the Chinese competitors. Not only Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, Pooja Santosh and Sanjana Dandu faced defeat on Court 3 in the other women's doubles match. The pair lost against South Korea's Lee So-hee and Shin Seung Chan. Like the last match, the Indian team was defeated in a straight game in this match as well. The result of the game for them is 15-21, 7-21.

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Saina Nehwal defeated Hong Kong competitor Cheung Nang Yee in straight games in the women's singles first round at this tournament on Tuesday. London Olympics bronze medalist Sutler won 21-19 and 21-9.

In mixed doubles, the Indian pair of Venkat Gaurav Prasad and Juhi Dewangan lost to the British duo of Gregory Meyers and Jeannie More. In the first round, they lost 10-21, 21-23 and were eliminated from the competition. Ashwini Bhatt and Shikha Gautam had an easy win over their Italian rivals.