World Championships: Sindhu, Praneeth advance; Prannoy bows out

P.V. Sindhu will face Korean Sung Ji Hyun in the next round, Kidambi Srikanth — who beat Spain’s Pablo Abian earlier in the day — will meet Malaysia’s Daren Liew.

India shuttler P.V. Sindhu raced into the third round of the BWF World Championship in Nanjing on Wednesday.

India shuttler P.V. Sindhu raced into the third round of the BWF World Championship in Nanjing on Wednesday. She beat Indonesia’s Fitriani 21-14 21-9.

B. Sai Praneeth also advanced to the third round after beating Spain’s Luis Enrique Penalver 21-18 21-11.

H.S. Prannoy wasted a one-game advantage to lose to Brazil’s Ygor Coelho 21-8 16-21 15-21 to bow out of the tournament.

Sindhu will face Korean Sung Ji Hyun in the next round.

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Earlier, Kidambi Srikanth beat Pablo Abian 21-15 12-21 21-14 in the second-round game that lasted 62 minutes. He will meet Malaysia’s Daren Liew in the next round.

In doubles, Commonwealth Games silver medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost 18-21, 21-15, 16-21 to the Danish pair of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen.

Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Siki Reddy went down 14-21 15-21 to Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota.

Takuto Inoue and Yuki Kaneko, another Japanese pair, beat Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy 24-22 13-21 16-21.