All England Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Ashwini Ponnappa Crash Out in Mixed Doubles

India were knocked out of the ongoing England Open on Thursday by the doubles pair of Satvisairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa. The pair were beaten by Yuki Kaneko and Misaki Matsutomo of Japan 21–19, 21–9 in the second round. The match proved unilateral as the Japanese pair won the Indian pair in just 35 minutes. On Wednesday, Lakshya Sen beat Kantaphon Wangcharoen of Thailand. Lakshya defeated Kantaphone in the first round in two straight sets (21–18, 21–12).

India’s shuttlers HS Prannoy, Sameer Verma, and Sai Praneeth also opened their All England Open campaign on Wednesday, winning their first round games.

However, ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal opted out of the event after retiring after an injury in a first-round match (21-8, 10-4) against Danish badminton player Mia Blichfeldt.

It was an easy win for Prannoy as he defeated Malaysian badminton player LY Daren 21-10 21-10 in two straight games while Sameer had to work hard for his win as Yorgo Kolho of Brazil beat him hard. Was hit.

Prannoy will now face star Japanese badminton player Kento Momota in the second round, while Sameer will face Denmark’s badminton player Anders Antonsen on Thursday.

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Earlier, Ace ran in India’s badminton player PV Sindhu with a win over Malaysia’s Sonia Chia in the second round of the All England Open. Sindhu overcame the first round challenge as she won 21–11, 21–17 in 39 minutes.

In addition, the Indian men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satvikasairaj Ranakireddy reached the second round of the showpiece event.