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Syed Modi International 2024: Sindhu, Lakshya through to second round

Top seeds PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen entered the second round of the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament after winning their respective matches on Wednesday.

Published : Nov 27, 2024 18:40 IST , LUCKNOW - 1 MIN READ

India’s PV Sindhu in action during her win over compatriot Anmol Kharb in the first round of Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament at the Babu Banarasi Das Academy in Lucknow on Wednesday.
India’s PV Sindhu in action during her win over compatriot Anmol Kharb in the first round of Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament at the Babu Banarasi Das Academy in Lucknow on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA/THE HINDU
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India’s PV Sindhu in action during her win over compatriot Anmol Kharb in the first round of Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament at the Babu Banarasi Das Academy in Lucknow on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SANDEEP SAXENA/THE HINDU

Third seed Aakarshi Kashyap was the first big upset at the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament, crashing out in the first round at the Babu Banarasi Das Academy on Wednesday.

The 23-year old Indian, ranked 46th in the world, lost to Thailand’s World No. 94 Lalinrat Chaiwan 21-8, 21-12 in 33 minutes even as other top players had an easy outing on the opening day.

Outplayed

Aakarshi was outplayed in the opening game and though she tried to fight her way back in the second, Lalinrat raced past the finish line.

This was Aakarshi’s third loss to Lalinrat — runner-up to Carolina Marin here in 2019 — in as many meetings, both at the senior and junior levels.

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P.V. Sindhu got the better of youngster Anmol Kharb 21-17, 21-15 while Lakshya Sen breezed past Malaysian qualifier Sholeh Aidil 21-12, 21-12 in the 210,000 USD event.

“It’s always nice to play on home ground.

“I was playing her (Anmol) for the first time though I had seen her game before and was confident of doing well today. But it was my first match also.

“I was trying to keep the rallies long. There were some mistakes but nothing that I was worried about,” said Sindhu.

Also advancing to the pre-quarterfinals were 2022 runner-up Malvika Bansod, rising stars Unnati Hooda and Tasnim Mir and the women’s pairs of Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand.

Top results
Women: P.V. Sindhu bt Anmol Kharb 21-17, 21-15; Malvika Bansod bt Wiktoria Dabczynska (Pol) 21-16, 21-7; Lalinrat Chaiwan (Tha) bt Aakarshi Kashyap 21-8, 21-12; Pornpicha Choeikeewong (Tha) bt Mansi Singh 13-21, 21-14, 21-17; Anupama Upadhyaya bt Keisha Fatimah Azzahra (Aze) 19-21, 22-20, 21-15.
Women’s Doubles: Ashwini Ponnappa & Tanisha Crasto bt Ishu Malik & Tanu Malik 21-12, 21-10; Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand w/o Arathi Sara Sunil & Varshini Viswanath; Benyapa Aimsaard & Nuntakarn Aimsaard (Tha) bt Unnati Hooda & Ridhi Kaur Toor 21-17, 21-7.
Men: Lakshya Sen bt Sholeh Aidil (Mas) 21-12, 21-12; Kiran George bt Alap Mishra 21-12, 23-21; Jia Heng Jason Teh (Ina) bt Ade Resky Dwicahyo (Aze) 21-13, 21-18; Priyanshu Rajawat bt Kartikey Gulshan Kumar 21-13, 21-12.
Men’s Doubles: Hariharan Amsakarunan & Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi bt Sanjai Srivatsa Dhanraj & Sai Pavan Karri 21-10, 21-8.
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