Day 3 of BWF World Championships
Good morning and welcome to the coverage of Day 3 of the BWF World Championships in China. PV Sindhu will be the only Indian player in the women’s singles draw in action today. Among the men, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, Sameera Verma and B Sai Praneeth will be looking to make the next round of their single draw.
Indians in Action (Singles)
Kidambi Srikanth vs Pablo Abian – 7:45am
HS Prannoy vs Ygor Coelho – 1:10pm
PV Sindhu vs Fitriani Fitriani – 2:30pm
B Sai Praneeth vs Luís Enrique Penalver – 3:00pm
Sameer Verma vs Lin Dan – 3:30pm
Indians in Action (Doubles)
Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy vs Takuto Inoue and Yuki Kaneko – 3pm
Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy vs Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota –12.30pm
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty vs Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen – 12:30pm
Stay tuned for live highlights through the day.
Mixed Day For India in Nanjing
Out of the eight matches were Indians were involved, only three went in their favour. Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and PV Sindhu were the three players who were able to win their matches and advance into the next round.
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India's Sameer Verma Ousted
Indian shuttler Sameer Verma out of the championship with a 17-21, 14-21 loss to two-time Olympics Champion China’s Lin Dan.
PV Sindhu Makes It to Round 3
PV Sindhu finds it easy against her Indonesian opponent Fitriani Fitriani. Sindhu beats Fitriani 21-14, 21-9 to sail into the third round.
Sai Praneeth Advances to Round 3
India’s Sai Praneeth beat Spain’s Luís Enrique Penalver 21-18, 21-11 to enter the third round of men’s singles.