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World badminton Championships 2017 Live Score and Updates: Sindhu, Ajay, Praneeth advance to next round

Live score and updates of all the matches of World Badminton Championships.

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Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women's singles competition after defeating Korea's Kim Hyo Min in the second round of the World Championship in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Sindhu, who twice won bronze medals at the 2013 and 2014 editions, notched up a 21-16 21-14 win over Kim in a 49-minute match, to extend her head-to-head record against the Korean to 4-1 in five meetings.

Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth also made a positive start to his campaign, registering a straight-game win over Hong Kong's Wei Nan to reach the second round of men's singles event.

Praneeth, seeded 15th, fought back from 5-9 and 14-16 in the opening game and then erased a deficit of 10-13 and 15-17 in the second game to eventually see off Wei Nan 21-18 21-17 in a 48-minute match. Ajay Jayaram also win his first round match defeating Luka Wrber 21-14, 21-12.

India's top mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy, seeded 15th, who had won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold title, defeated Indo-Malaysian combo of Prajakta Sawant and Yogendran Khrishnan 21-12 21-19. 

However, disappointment was at store for India in the other mixed doubles matches as B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Maneesha K suffered contrasting losses to bow out of the event. Ashwini Ponnappa however teamed up with Sikki Reddy to win against Indonesia's Anna Cheong and Ririn Amelia in the women's doubles event.

We will bring you the live score and updates of all the matches here.

'21:35

Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy beat Indonesia's Anna Cheong and Ririn Amelia 21-15, 21-13 to reach second round.  

'21:20

Ponnappa and Reddy win the opening game 21-15.

21:10

Ponnappa and Reddy leading 11-7 at the break of the first game. 

'21:00

Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy are up against Indonesia's Anna Cheong and Ririn Amelia.

'21:05

India's young doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj lose 8-21, 12-21 against Japan's H Endo and Y Watanabe.

'20:01

'20:00

Ajay Jayaram beats Luka Wrber 21-14, 21-12 to make it the next round.

India maintain their 100% success rate in singles events.

'19:51

Ajay Jayaram leads 11-5 against Luka Wraber at the break of the second game. ​

'19:40

Ajay wins the first game 21-14. ​

'19:32

Ajay is off to a great start. He is leading 11-4 at the break in the opening game.  

'19:26

Another big match for India as Ajay Jayaram now takes on unseeded Luka Wraber. 

'19:25

'19:22

THAT'S IT!

Sindhu is through to the third round.

PV Sindhu beats Kim Hyo Min of 21-16, 21-14 in her second round match.

'19:19

The lead is 18-12 now. Sindhu is just 4 points away from the third round.​

'19:14

Sindhu is ruthless here. She takes her lead to 15-9 now. A fightback is highly unlikely. 

'19:09

PV Sindhu leads 11-8 at the break. 

'19:06

Sindhu is leading 9-5 in the second game. Can Min make a comeback here? 

'18:53

Sindhu takes the first game 21-16 against Min. She was off to a great start leading 8-0 at one point. The Korean tried to fight her way back in the game but Sindhu maintained her lead. 

'18:47

Sindhu is looking in fine touch here, leads first game 16-10.

'18:41

Min is trying to fight back but it is Sindhu who leads at the break in the opening game 11-5.

'18:38

Sindhu has earned 8 points without dropping one. Min finally manages one point. 8-1 in the opening game. 

'18:33

Sindhu is off to a flying start, up 4-0 in a blink of an eye. Great start.

'18:30

PV Sindu is on the court. We are ready.

'18:20

India's result so far today:

Sai Praneeth beat Wei Nan (Hong Kong)

Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lose to Yilyu Wang and Dongping Huang (China)

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Maneesha K lose to Mathias Christiansen and Sara Thygesen (Denmark)

Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy beat Yogendran Khrishnan (Malayasia) and Prajakta Sawant (India)

'18:10

PV Sindhu is up next in action. She will take on Kim Hyo Min of Korea. Sindhu has won three of their four previous meetings. However, when the last time they played against each other it was Min who emerged victorious. 

'17:50

'17:42

Sai Praneeth defeats Wei Nan of Hong Kong 21-18, 21-17 to enter second round. 

'17:39

Sai Praneeth takes the second game and moves to next round. 

'17:30

Praneeth and Wei going neck to neck in the second game. 15-15. 

'17:25

Pranaav Chopra and Sikki Reddy have won the opening game against Sawant and Khrishnan 21-12.

'17:20

Meanwhile, India's Pranaav Chopra and Sikki Reddy are in action against compatriot Prajakta Sawant and Malaysia's Yogendran Khrishnan. They lead 11-5 at the break in the first game.​

'17:11

Good comeback by Praneeth, takes the first game 21-18 against Hong Kong's Wei Nan. 

'17:00

Praneeth trails 9-11 at the break in the opening game.

'16:50

India's Sai Praneeth is in action against Hong Kong's Wei Nan. 

'16:37

Another loss for India. Ashwini and Sumeeth lose the third game and the match 17-21, 21-18, 5-21. 

'16:25

Satwik and Maneesha lose to Thygesen and Christiansen 20-22, 18-21. 

'16:22

Ashwini and Sumeeth have bounced back post the break. They take the second game 21-18. Off to the decider now.

'16:14

Satwik and Maneesha are leading 11-9 against Christiansen and Thygesen at the break. 

'16:11

It is another cloase game. Yilyu and Dongping are ahead 11-9 at the break but Ashwini and Sumeeth are catching up.

'16:02

Maneesha and Satwiksairaj lose their first game 20-22. It was a hard fought game. 

'15:57

Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping win the opening game 21-17 against Ponnappa and Reddy. 

'15:54

Maneesha and Satwiksairaj are trailing 11-15 in their first game. 

'15:53

Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping have a taken a 18-14 lead against Ponnappa and Reddy. 

'15:47 

Both teams are even at 11-11 at the break. Close. 

'15:44 

In mixed doubles, Maneesha K and Satwiksairaj Ranki Reddy are playing Danish pair Sara Thygesen and Mathias Christiansen in a Round 2 match.

'15:35

Ashwini Ponnappa and Sumeeth B Reddy take the court in a Round 2 mixed doubles match against China’s Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping.

On Monday, India made a promising start at the BWF World Championships with in-form shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma advancing to the second round of men’s singles in Glasgow.

In women’s singles first round, Tanvi Lad fought back to beat England’s Chloe Birch 17- 21, 21-10, 21-19 while Rituparna Das moved into Round of 32 as her first round opponent Airi Mikkela retired at 0-2 down in 1st game.

mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and K Maneesha defeated Hong Kong pair of Tam Chun Hei and Ng Tsz Yau 24-22, 21-17 while the Indo-Malaysian pair of Prajakta Sawant and Yogendran Khrishnan saw off Chinese Taipei’s Lu Ching Yao and Chiang Kai Hsin 21-15, 13-21, 21-18.

 

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