Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu progressed to the second spherical of the ladies’s singles competitors however HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth faltered within the opening hurdle of males’s singles on the All England Championships on Tuesday. World No. 11 Sindhu, a former world champion, gained the primary recreation 21-10 however her German opponent, world No. 26 Li Yvonne Li, then determined to retire, paving the best way for the Indian to the subsequent spherical. The 28-year-old from Hyderabad is prone to subsequent face prime seed Korean An Se Young, who has proved her nemesis, having defeated her all six occasions they’ve crossed paths in worldwide badminton. In truth, solely as soon as has Sindhu managed to take a recreation away from the world No. 1 Korean after they met final time on the Asia Championships in Dubai final 12 months.

An Se Young, who’s recovering from a proper knee damage, secured her second title of the season on the French Open final Sunday.

Sindhu and Li appeared to have an preliminary battle after they had been 4-4 however the Indian quickly pulled away to seize a 11-7 lead on the break. She prolonged the benefit with out a lot ado.

Eventually, a flick serve was dumped into the online by Li as Sindhu grabbed 11 recreation factors and transformed when the German went lengthy.

In males’s singles, it was yet one more dangerous day in workplace for world No. 8 Prannoy as he squandered a gap recreation benefit to go down 21-14 13-21 13-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Su Li Yang, ranked thirty second, for a second successive first-round exit following the loss on the French Open final week.

Later, Srikanth, who’s racing in opposition to time to make it to Paris Olympics, sunk with out a hint in opposition to prime seed and world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen 9-21 9-21, leaving 2022 runner-up Lakshya Sen and Priyanshu Rajawat as the one contenders in males’s singles for the nation.

The 23-year-old Sen will face Denmark’s Magnus Johannesen in his opening spherical on Wednesday.

Aakarshi Kashyap too bowed out with a 16-21 11-21 loss to Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei within the opening spherical.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will face Indonesia’s Apriyani Rahayu and Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti later within the day. PTI ATK AM ATK AM AM