All England Championships Live Badminton Score, PV Sindhu leads India challenge.
All England Championships began on Wednesday in Birmingham. India suffered a poor start as Saina Nehwal lost her game against top seed Tai Tzu Ying in her first-round game. While she played early, other Indians will also take court to win the title. In the women’s singles, PV Sindhu is currently playing Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong. While she lost the first game, she staged a comeback in the second and the currently playing out the decider. In the men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth won his match while Sai Praneeth lost his contest against Son Wan-ho. In the doubles match Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy beat Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge, 22-20 21-12, to progress to the next round.
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Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy beat Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge, 22-20 21-12, to progress to the next round.
And that's that. It looked Praneeth might be able to pull of an upset when he won that first game but Son came back in the second and third games to take his place in the next round.
English pair Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge are inching closer to victory in their first-round match.
The Indian pair have taken the first game against Germany's Marvin Emil Seidel and Linda Efler
The Korean is now dominating proceedings. It looks more and like Praneeth might be joining Saina Nehwal on the way back to India
And Son comes back. The first game looked more and more like a slip up considering the way Son played in that second one. Praneeth has to up his ante in the third game
Son Wan-ho is now getting into his groove here. Praneeth has done well to keep up but it does look like the match will go into a third game.
Sindhu just took it away in the final exchanges. She was given a real scare in the first game but then came to her own in the second and third. Chochuwong could not handle her aggression in the end and failed to reach double figures in the third game
Sindhu is inching closer to booking a place in the next round. She is managing to keep Chochuwong at bay.
Well, well how about that. World no 14 Praneeth has pretty much outclassed world no 4 Son Wan-ho in this first game
Sindhu has thus far kept the lead in the match but Chochuwong is not far behind. The world no. 22 is giving the Indian star a real run for her money
Sindhu has lost the first game 22-20 to Thailand's Chochuwong Pornpawee. But she is staging a comeback in the second and currently leads 18-14. The match has gone on for 36 minutes
Kidambi Srikanth: "Matches like these will give me a lot of confidence"
Kidambi Srikanth beats Brice Leverdez 22-21 in the decider and progresses to the pre-quarterfinals. with a hard-fought 7-21, 21-14, 22-20 win over Brice Leverdez in the 1st round of All England Championships.
The final game of the match is inching towards a close finish as Leverdez's levels the score at 16-16. After leading for quite some time, Srikanth allows the Frenchman to claw back. Interesting finish awaits us.
Kidambi Srikanth wins the second game 21-14 against Brice Leverdez. Its all square at 1-1 with one game remaining.
After losing the first game Kidambi Srikanth gives a better performance in the second game. He leads 11-5 at the break in the second game.
Kidambi Srikanth loses the first game to Brice Leverdez by a margin of 21-7. It takes the Frenchman just 12 mins to finish the first game.
After starting with two unforced errors Kidambi Srikanth has lost his way in the first game. At the first break, he trails the Frenchman, 11-5 in the first game. Srikanth needs to up his game.
Kidambi Srikanth squares-off against France's Brice Leverdez in men's singles first round match.
Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy go down in straight games to second seeded Misaka Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi 21-14, 21-13
Over on the other court, another disappointment for India. Meghana Jakkampudi and S Ram Poorvisha go down to Shiho Tanaka and Koharu Yonemoto 21-14, 21-11
Tai Tzu Ying with that win against Saina Nehwal further improves her record against the Indian. 10-5 the head-to-head now in favour of the Taipei player. Eight consecutive defeats for Saina now. The last win came at the Swiss Open in 2013
Saina Nehwal sends her forehand wide and the defending champion Tai Tzu Ying wins 21-14, 21-18 in 37 minutes.
Tai Tzu Ying somehow gets her racket to a smash by Saina and it catches the Indian short. It is followed by a drop shot that is ready. MATCH POINT
Saina Nehwal's lead has been cut short to just one by Tai Tzu Ying. Credit to the Taipei player for massive smashes angled across and cross courts which Saina is unable to beat.
Saina Nehwal leads in the second game at the breather. She leads 11-8 in the second. The deficit for Tzu Ying should have been bigger but for Saina making uncharacteristic errors. Although she needs to go for it all
Saina Nehwal with a good start in the second game. Gopichand's words doing the trick early on. But she is making some unforced errors - something you can't afford against Tai Tzu Ying and a player you have a poor record against.
Tai Tzu Ying with a smash into open court and she wins the opening game 21-14. It has taken just 16 minutes
The Chinese Taipei player has pushed forward on the back of some Saina errors. Followed by some lovely angles which are opening up the court. She now leads 18-14
Saina Nehal has managed to come back from 4-8 to make it 10-10. Tai Tzu Ying though gets a point and makes it 11-10 as both the player take a break after 10 minutes of play.
Saina Nehwal has been able to take three points with Ying starting to lose her grip. Nehwal looks determined to get back and it is Nehwal 8-9 Ying.
An unforced error from Ying brings back serve to Nehwal. She is starting to get back into the game with Ying committing errors. YING 6-4 Nehwal in first round.
It has been a good start from Tai Tzu Ying. She has won the first two points but Nehwal breaks one and gets the serve back. Nehwal 2-1 Ying.
Saina Nehwal gets ready to take on Tai Tzu Ying. Both the player are in the middle and are getting warmed up before the match begins. Nehwal, World No. 11 has to surpass Tai Tzu Ying who is World No. 1 at the moment. That's some tough challenge in front of her.
UPSET! Massive upset to start the All England Championships. Michelle Li of Canada stuns third seed Ratchanok Intanon 21-15, 14-21, 21-19
Indians in action today on Day 1
Court 1:
Saina vs Tai Tzu Ying
Ponnappa/Sikki vs Matsutomo/Takahashi
Srikanth vs Leverdez
Attri/Reddy vs Ellis/Langridge
Court 2
Jakkampudi/Ram vs Tanaka/Yonemoto
PV Sindhu vs Chochuwong
Praneeth vs Son Wan Ho
Chopra/Reddy vs Seidel/Efler
Prannoy vs Tien Chen Chou
Rankireddy/Shetty vs Hoki/Kobayashi
Canada's Michelle Li wins the opening game 21-15 against Ratchanok Intanon. Staying close in the second game
Saina Nehwal is unseeded for the this tournament and that has clearly not helped her. In her first game of the Championships, the Indian badminton star faces top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan. In a game that could have been a potential fina, it is the first game
Welcome to the coverage of All England Championships! Another top tournament and top Indians are participating in it. Saina Nehwal will open her campaign against top seed Tai Tzu Ying in a tough match. PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy among other Indians are also there