Badminton World Championship 2018: Srikanth, Saina enter second round

Nanjing, July 31: India's Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round of the World Badminton Championship 2018 beating Nhat Nguyen in straight games 21-15, 21-16 on Tuesday (July 31).

The Indian number one needed just 37 minutes to oust Nguyen and enter the next round. HS Prannoy had already reached the second round on Monday (July 30). Later, Saina Nehwal overcame a patchy first game effort to beat Turkey's Aliye Demirbag 21-17, 21-8 in just 34 minutes.

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But there were some bad news for India from the court especially in the doubles section. India'sShlok Ramchandran and Arjun MR lost 14-21, 15-21 to Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia.

India opens Day 2 account with a win #WorldChampionship2018@srikidambi beat Nhat Nguyen representing Ireland 21-15;21-16 to reach the second round of @BWFWorldChamps. The world no 6 will face Pablo Abian from Spain in his Rd 3 encounter tomorrow. #IndiaontheRise #Nanjing2018 pic.twitter.com/p1Ze98E5nZ

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) July 31, 2018

It was tough luck for the Indian men's doubles pair of Tarun Kona and Saurabh Sharma. They went down fighting 20-22, 21-18, 17-21 in a 51-minute encounter against Hong Kong's Or Chin Chung and Tang Chun Man.

The mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Chopra and Sikki Reddy have crashed out of the World Champions with a 16-21, 4-21 loss to the higher-seeded Indonesian pair of Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja.

India in Badminton Worlds (July 310

Men's singles

Kidambi Srikanth bt Nhat Nguyen 21-15, 21-16.

Women's singles

Saina Nehwal bt Aliye Demirbag 21-17, 21-8

Men's doubles

Tarun Kona and Saurabh Sharma lost to Or Chin Chung and Tang Chun Man 20-22, 21-18, 17-21.

Arjun MR and Shlok Ramchandran lost to Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi 14-21, 15-21

S Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bt Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge 21-19, 12-21, 21-19

Women's doubles

Meghana Jakkampudi and Poorvisha S Ram lost to Debora Jille and Imke Van Der Aar 15-21, 19-21, 18-21

Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy bt Chiang Kai Hsin and Hung Shih Han 19-21, 21-10, 21-17

Kuhoo Garg and Ningshi Block Hazarika lost to Chang Ching Hui and Yang Ching Tun 19-21, 11-21

Mixed doubles

Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy lost to Hafiz Faizal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja 16-21, 4-21

S Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa bt Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Herttrich 10-21, 21-17, 21-18

Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg lost to Chris Adcock and Gabrielle Adcock 12-21, 12-21

Saurabh Sharma and Anoushka Parikh lost to Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying 18-21, 11-21