All England Open: Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag make winning starts; Srikanth outsted, Nehwal retires hurt
World No 1 Kento Momota made a winning return to the BWF tour after an accident in January 2020 as he beat India’s P Kashyap in straight games. Updated Mar 18, 2021 · 08:59 am File image of PV Sindhu
Reigning world champion PV Sindhu made an impressive start at the All England Badminton Championships along with promising doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty as the Super 1000 event got underway on Wednesday in Birmingham after hours of delay due to Covid-19 retesting.
However, compatriots Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap suffered early exits after losing their respective opening round singles matches on Wednesday.
Indonesia’s seventh seed badminton player Jonatan Christie (pic) has been knocked out of the Thailand Open in a mesmerising high-intensity upset against India’s HS Prannoy, who hung on despite a late shoulder injury
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
A series of positive coronavirus tests caused disruption to the first day of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Yonex Thailand Open, with Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal among those impacted - only to later be cleared to play following further testing.
There was also a shock exit for women s singles world champion PV Sindhu on an eventful day for the Indian badminton team in Bangkok.
A third round of mandatory testing was conducted yesterday, with Nehwal, compatriot HS Prannoy, Jones Ralfy Jansen of Germany and Adham Hatem Elgamal of Egypt all testing positive.
This led to the entire Indian team being told to isolate.