PV Sindhu and Saina advance to Next Round in All England Tournament
PV sindhu and saina nehwal of india have advanced to the second round of the All england Championship Badminton Tournament's singles category. In the opening round of the women's singles tournament in Birmingham, India's sindhu will face China's Ji Yi Wang. Sindh advanced to the second round by defeating the Chinese player 21-18, 21-13 in straight sets. saina nehwal of india advanced to the second round of the women's singles after defeating Beatrice Corales of spain 21-17, 21-19.
Meanwhile, in the men's singles, India's Sai Praneeth was eliminated from the series after losing in straight sets to Olympic champion Victor Axelsson of denmark 20-22, 11-21. In the men's singles, India's Pranav was defeated by Thailand's Kunlawatt Whitcher, and India's Samir Verma was defeated by Mark Carljo of the Netherlands.
Chadwick Sairaj and Chirac Shetty of india defeated Alexander Dunn and Adam Al of scotland in straight sets in the men's doubles opening round. Teresa Jolly and Pullela gayatri Gopichand of india tied 17-21, 22-20, 21-14 in the opening round of the women's doubles. Benayaba Aimsart and Nundakran Aimsart of thailand defeated the duo and went to the next round by then.