Asian Games 2018 Badminton Highlights: Saina Nehwal breezed through her first round. (Source: PTI)
Asian Games 2018 Highlights: PV Sindhu had to dig deep to down a fighting Vu Thi Trang of Vietnam but Saina Nehwal did not break any sweat as India’ top two shuttlers advanced to the women’s singles second round. However, it was the end of the road for mixed doubles campaign in the first round itself.
Asian Games 2018 Live Streaming India Badminton Live Score and Updates: Saina Nehwal will be in action.
Asian Games 2018 Live Streaming India Badminton Live Score and Updates: India’s hopes of winning a medal in badminton team events at the 18th Asian Games went up in smoke after both the men’s and women’s sides bowed out of the competition following an identical 1-3 loss in the quarterfinals at Jakarta on Monday. Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy shone bright but India couldn’t get enough support from the rest of the shuttlers as they lost to Japan and Indonesia in the women’s and men’s team events respectively. After the women’s team went down 1-3 to top seeds Japan earlier in the day, the men’s team put up a spirited effort before losing 1-3 to hosts Indonesia. The onus was on world no 8 Kidambi Srikanth to give India an early lead but he lost 21-23 22-20 10-21 to Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, ranked 12th, to concede a 0-1 lead to Indonesia.
Mixed Doubles as Pranaav Jerry Chopra-Sikki Reddy go down to World no. 9 Thai pair 15-21, 21-23. That's the end of India's contention in badminton mixed doubles.
Malaysia's Liu Ying Gho and Peng Soon Chan take the first game 21-15 against Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Sikki Reddy.
Indian duo of Ponnappa and Rankireddy bow out of the mixed doubles. The Indian pair lost 25-27, 21-16 to Thailand's World no 15 pair of Dechapol and Sapsiree.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa have won lost their first game against Thai pair Dechapol Puavaranukroh, Sapsiree Taerattanachai. It was an epic, to say the least; the final score was 25-27. Remains to be seen whether the Indian pair can make a comeback after that.
In men's doubles, Satwisairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty and Manu Attri, Sumit Reddy are both through to the Round of 16.
In women's doubles, Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sunil have beaten Thai pair Chayanit Chaladchalam, Phataimas Muenwong 21-11, 21-6 to advance to the next round.
Unlike Sindhu, Saina Nehwal had no trouble in dispatching her first round opponent, she beats Soraya Aghaeihajiagha, 21-7, 21-9 and is through to the Round of 16.
PV Sindhu has returned the shot back to the net. The score level at 20-20, match point for Sindhu.
Sindhu was leading 18-15 in the third game but Vu has fought her way back to make it 18-18. Is this a big upset in the making?
Well this is quite a turnaround. Vu, ranked 52 in the world, has beaten world no. 3 Sindhu 21-12 and taken the match into the third game. A number of errors from Sindhu has cost her a comfortable two-game win.
An easy win for Sindhu in the first game. She takes it 21-10. A very clear difference in class between the two players.
PV Sindhu starts her Asian Games campaign. She is up against Vietnam's Trang Vu Thi and doesn't take long to race to a 6-1 lead.
A winning start for India, Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy have won their opening badminton doubles match 21-16, 21-15. A clinical performance from the two Indians and they gave little quarter to the Hong Kong pair. The women's singles matches have also started and PV Sindhu's game is third on the order of play.
Hello and welcome! India crashed out of the team events in both men's and women's segments but chances of a medal is much higher in the singles section with the likes of PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and so on taking part.
The women's singles events start first at 10.30 AM and Sindhu's match is third in the order.
Women's singles:
Trang Vu Thi vs PV Sindhu
Soraya Aghaeihajiagha vs Saina Nehwal
Women's doubles and mixed doubles also start at 10.30 AM and the first match itself will feature an Indian pair
Women's doubles
Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy vs Yung Nga Ting, Wing Yung Ng
Rutaparna Panda, Arathi Sunil vs Chayanit Chaladchalam, Phataimas Muenwong
Mixed doubles
Chan Peng Soon, Goh Liu Ying vs Pranav Jerry Chopra, N Sikki Reddy
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Ashwini Ponnappa vs Dechapol Puavaranukroh, Sapsiree Taerattanachai