Sindhu beat Zhi Yi Wang of China 21-18 21-13 in her first round match that lasted 42 minutes. Saina defeated Beatriz Corrales of Spain 21-17 21-19 in 38 minutes. Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal began their All England Championships with straight-game wins.
India’s Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu will face the winner of the first round match between Sayaka Takahashi of Japan and Supanida Katethong of Thailand. Second seed Saina Nehwal will take on Akane Yamaguchi of Japan or Kristin Kuuba of Estonia for a place in the quarterfinals.
H S Prannoy went down fighting to last week’s German Open winner Thai player Kunlavut Vitidsarn 15-21 22-24 in 56 minutes while Sameer Verma also lost to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands 18-21 11-21 in a 41-minute opening match.
In men’s doubles, fifth seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Scottish pair of Alexander Dunn and Adam Hall 21-17 21-19 in 38 minutes.
But M R Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost 21-15 12-21 18-21 to second seed Indonesian pair of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.
The other Indian men’s doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala also suffered defeat at the hands of the German duo of Mark Lamfuss and Marvin Seidel 16-21 19-21 in just 37 minutes.
In women’s doubles, Treesa Jolly and Pullela Gayatri Gopichand made it to the second round with a 17-21 22-20 21-14 victory over the Thailand pair of Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard in one hour and seven minutes.
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