Badminton World Championships: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal progress, Srikanth crashes out

Sindhu makes a strong comeback while her opponent looks tired in the second game. After levelling the second game at 13-13, Sindhu does brilliantly to fight her way back and then take a point's lead. 

PV Sindhu began the second game in not a very positive way. A little slow start by the Indian shuttler as Sung J.H confidently went into the mid-game break with the lead. Sindhu is struggling but trying her best to make a comeback.

And all of a sudden Ji Hyun Sung  is applying the pressure and racing towards a 9-3 lead in game.

A more evenly contested affair in game 2 as scoreline reads 3-2. Both the shuttlers giving their all but Sindhu will look to inflict more pressure on Japanese opponent.

PV Sindhu wins first game 21-10. She has been ruthless in her play and wrapped up the first set in just 15 mins. Ji Hyun Sung has been confident but Sindhu seems a class apart.

Ji Hyun Sung is stitching a few shots together and gets back to back points. Sindhu is bit under pressure but she leads 17-8

6 mins of play and we have a break. But Sindhu leads 11-4. She has been completely ruthless and it seems like it will smooth sailing for the Indian in this match.

An early lead for the Indian shuttler as he dominates her rival with cross-court smashes. Sindhu means business today. Her Japanese opponent looks clueless in the middle.

PV Sindhu takes court against Korea's Ji Hyun Sung. Sindhu has a chance to enter the quarterfinal of the World Championship. 

B Sai Praneeth beats Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 13-21, 11-21 to progress to the quarterfinal of the Badminton World Championship.

B Sai Praneeth has taken a 17-10 lead against Danish shuttler Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus and he is cruising towards an easy win to progress to the quarterfinals. 

Ashwini on Today's Win:

"It was imp and a tough match! Though we didn't get off to a best start but really excited and happy that we ended the match well and we won. We had played them once before (in CWG) and that did give us confidence because we had beaten them. Having said that, this is a different environment; different tournament and different match set up...entire thing is different so our preparations were different too.And I think we had prepared quite well for this match and that is most important and it paid off too.

"extremely excited that we have come so far but the journey is not over yet and a long way to go. Tomorrow's match is definitely very important for us and we are going to go with all our guns blazing and give our best and hoping for the best out come."

Satwik on tomorrow's match

" We saw them playing before our match and I am confident of the way we are playing and are ready to beat them tomorrow.

B Sai Praneeth take a 11-8 lead against Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus at the break in the second game. 

B Sai Praneeth wins the first game 21-13 against Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus. 

An excellent show from the young Indian shuttler as he extends his lead to 19-8 in the first game. He has been helped on the way by a series of unforced errors by the Danish opponent and he has set himself up for an easy first game win. 

Vittinghus continues to smash it outside, giving easy points to Praneeth. He takes a 5-point lead in the first game with a lead of 14-9 against the Danish shuttler. 

B Sai Praneeth leads 11-6 at the break against Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus. Good stuff from the Indian. Can he maintain the lead, though?

B Sai Praneeth takes 8-5 lead in the first game. Vittinghus goes for a smash to reply to a drop shot by Praneeth but he has struck it outside. Praneeth jumps up in delight. Praneeth takes 10-5 lead in the first game.

B Sai Praneeth takes court and he will face Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in the next match as he aims to enter the quarterfinals of the Badminton World Championships.

On Win

"Good win..very good win! Of course Ratchanok is known for her deceptive kind of game and I think in the second game 18-14 the game was kind of going the way I wanted.I was kind of playing good attack and I was retrieving quite a few difficult shots but suddenly I saw her play more fearlessly. I think she just felt that now that the game is going so I should give my best...everywhere she was playing all those difficult shots that I have seen Ratchanok playing....I would say after 19 all, those two points I think Gopi Sir really played a big role there. With those two points the strategy really mattered, the way he told me what to do and I just followed that I think the game really turned into my favour, but i would say the last two points were all about strategy."

On her next match with Marin:

"She is a very quick and an aggressive player, I am playing her after a long time (last played in Denmark Open) It will be a challenging match for me, not an easy one. She including all the others are Champions and great players; I would like to give my best."

Kidambi Srikanth leads 12-10 in the second game against Malaysia's Daren Liew. 

Kidambi Srikanth loses first game 21-18 against Malaysia's Daren Liew.

Kidambi Srikanth is trailing 10-13 in the first game against Malaysia's Daren Liew. 

Saina Nehwal beats Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon 21-15, 21-19 to enter the next round. A couple of unforced errors from Intanon saw the Indian shuttler picking up the win and she roars to celebrate. 

Ratchanok Intanon smashed furiously and Saina Nehwal had no chance of replying to that one. She closes the gap to 18-19 but Nehwal is still in the lead. Suddenly, the second game has become too close to call.

Saina Nehwal Smashes Like a Hulk! A couple of nasty smashes from Saina Nehwal which Ratchanok had no chance of answering. Nehwal takes a 5-point lead in the second game as she cruises towards an easy win. Nehwal leads 18-13. 

Saina Nehwal has tired her out opponent methodically. After a long rally of 32 shots, the point finally went to Ratchanok Intanon but she almost went down showing signs of tiredness. The rally took out a lot from the Thai shuttler. Nehwal leads 16-13 in the second game.

Meanwhile, on the other court, Kidambi Srikanth has taken the court as he faces Malaysia's Daren Liew. 

Saina Nehwal leads 11-8 in the second game at the break against Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon. 

Ratchanok Intanon continues to mishit her shots, getting more energy in them than required. Another couple of unforced errors from the Thai shuttler and Nehwal picks up two easy points. The Indian shuttler has not a good lead of 8-5.

Saina Nehwal has started off the second game where she has left off. She is closing the room for Ratchanok Intanon, who is trying to muster strength, but is hitting it outwards. Nehwal leads 5-3. 

Saina Nehwal has won the first game against 16-21 against Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon. The final shot ended in a similar way the entire game went for the Thai shuttler. A smash which landed outside. 

Ratchanok Intanon earns two points on the trot as she attempts to close the gap to Nehwal. But still she is trailing four points behind and the Indian need just one point to win the game. 

Ratchanok Intanon once against struck a smash wide and Nehwal earns another point. Now Nehwal leads just one another to win the game. She leads 20-14.

A couple of unforced errors from Ratchanok Intanon has given Saina Nehwal a four-point lead. Intanon is trying to counter Nehwal's speed with furiousity, but she has hit the ball outside a few times. Nehwal leads 16-12.

Saina Nehwal leads 11-8 at the break against Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon in the first game.

Intanon wins four points in a row as Saina errs in her strokes. Tries to go for too much on the angle and the shuttle lands wide. But comes back with two straight points to level matters as Intanon sends shuttle long before Saina thunders smash into the body

Saina Nehwal finding her range early on. Perfect length and depth on her shot to find the line and leads 3-1 early on in the match

Saina Nehwal is on court to take on Ratchanok Intanon in her pre-quarterfinal match. 10th World Championship for Saina, can she keep herself alive in the tournament after this? If she wins, Carolina Marina awaits in the next round. Not an easy draw at all!

READ : Shivani Naik with a beautiful piece on Brazil's Ygor Coelho, who hails from outside Rio de Janeiro and comes from the favelas, creating quite some stir after his upset win over HS Prannoy on Wednesday. [More]

KEY RESULTS:

Tai Tzu Ying defeated Beiwen Zhang 21-19, 21-14

Viktor Axelsen defeated NG Ka Long Angus 21-19, 21-18

Chen Long defeated Kenta Nishimoto 21-18, 21-19

Carolina Marin defeated Sayaka Sato

He Bingjiao defeated Thuy Linh Nguyen 21-14, 21-11

Akane Yamaguchi defeated Nitchaon Jindapol 21-12, 21-12

Chen Yufei defeated Xiaoxin Chen 21-11, 18-21, 21-12

Tien Chen Chou defeated Ygor Coelho 21-11, 21-7

SATWIK/PONNAPPA WIN! Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa move forward in the mixed doubles draw. Come from behind to beat Soon Huat Goh/Shevon Jemie Lai 20-22, 21-14, 21-6

Tense third game underway. Satwik and Ponnappa dropped the first game 20-22 before coming back to win the next 21-14. The Indian pairing lead 8-4 in the third over Malaysia's Goh/Lai

Hello and Good Afternoon! Welcome to our continued live coverage of the BWF World Championships from Nanjing, China. Schedule today for Indian shuttlers:

Saina Nehwal vs Ratchanok Intanon (Court 1)

PV Sindhu vs Sung Ji Hyun (Court 2)

B Sai Praneeth vs Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus (Court 2)

Kidambi Srikanth vs Daren Liew (Court 4)

LIVE RIGHT NOW: Satwik Rankireddy/Ashwini Ponnappa vs Soon Huat Goh/Shevon Jemie Lai