BWF World Championships LIVE – 4 Indians in Quarterfinals: Lakshya Sen sealed his maiden medal on his World Championships debut after he sealed his place in the semi-finals with a gutsy three-game win over Zhao Jun Pen on Friday. The 20-year-old will now face Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth in the semi-finals on Saturday. Indian ace Kidambi Srikanth sealed his first-ever Worlds medal after he clinched his place in the semi-finals of the BWF World Championships on Friday. The former World no.1 sealed a 21-8, 21-7 win over Mark Caljouw to become only the 3rd men’s singles player from India to be assured of a World Championship medal. Earlier in the day, India’s badminton queen PV Sindhu suffered a heartbreak, as she crashed out with a straight games loss to No.1 seed Tai Tzu Ying. Follow PV Sindhu BWF World Championship LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN
4 Indians in Quarterfinals – Check their Last 8 Opponents
- PV Sindhu lost to Tai Tzu Ying (TPE) 21-17, 21-13
- Kidambi Srikanth beat Mark Caljouw (NED) 21-8, 21-7
- HS Prannoy lost Loh Kean Yew (SIN) 21-15, 21-13
- Lakshya Sen beat Zhao Jun Peng (CHN) 21-15, 15-21, 22-20
Sindhu vs Tai Tzu LIVE: Ahead of World Championship Quarterfinal, Sindhu…
Kidambi Srikanth enters Quarterfinals, will play Mark Caljouw for place in Semifinals
BWF World Championships LIVE: Indian badminton team creates history, Sindhu, Srikanth, Prannoy & Lakshya in Quarterfinals: Follow LIVE Updates
PV Sindhu vs Tai Tzu Ying LIVE
- PV Sindhu concedes Game 1 to No.1 seed Tai Tzu Ying, loses 21-17.
- PV Sindhu loses Game 2 21-13 to crash out of the BWF World Championships.
Despite brilliant efforts, @Pvsindhu1 won’t progress further at #BWFWorldChampionships2021 but what a year it has been for 2️⃣ time Olympic medalist.
You did well champ, get some rest, see you in 2022 🙌#WorldChampionships2021#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/ARTS2q2QUA
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Kidambi Srikanth vs Mark Caljouw LIVE
- Kidambi Srikanth wins Game 1 21-7 in a dominating performance.
- Srikanth followed it up with another stellar show, to take the match 21-7, 21-8.
- Srikanth makes the semi-finals and is assured of his first medal at the BWF World Championships.
- He will now face Lakshya Sen in the final four fixture.
Lakshya Sen vs Zhao Jun Peng
- Lakshya Sen seals first game with a classy performance, goes 1-0 ahead with 21-15 win.
- Zhao Jun Peng bounces back, forces a decider with 21-15 win.
- Lakshya Sen heroically saves match point, wins 22-20.
- Lakshya will now face Kidambi Srikanth in the semi-finals.
DREAMY 😍@lakshya_sen ensures his 1st & 🇮🇳’s 12th medal at #WorldChampionships after he cruised through to the semis in style by defeating 🇨🇳’s Zhao Jun Peng 21-15, 15-21, 22-20 in the last-8 at #BWFWorldChampionships2021 💪#WorldChampionships2021#IndiaontheRise#Badminton pic.twitter.com/ITFNuNFmqu
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BWF World Championships LIVE: Indian badminton team creates history, Sindhu, Srikanth, Prannoy & Lakshya in Quarterfinals: Follow LIVE Updates
4 Indians in Quarterfinals: HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen sealed their places in the quarter-finals with thrilling wins late in the day in the ongoing BWF World Championships.
Lakshya Sen enters Last 8: 20 year old Lakshya registered a easy win over Tokyo Olympics semifinalist Kevin Gordon of Guatemala. Lakshya won 21-13, 21-8.
Prannoy stuns Rasmus Gemke: The win of the day came from HS Prannoy for India. Prannnoy registered comeback victory over 11th seed Rasmus Gemke of Denmark. Prannoy lost the 1st game 16-21 but came back to take the 2nd in style by 21-8.
Indian won the nerver wracking 3rd set by 22-20 to set the date with in-form Loh Kean Yew of Singapore. Yew had beaten Olympic Champion Viktor Axelsen in 2nd reound.
Srikanth – Sindhu seal last 8 berth: Earlier in the day, Kidambi Srikanth made the quarter-finals with a stunning straight-sets win over Lu Guang Zhu.
Meanwhile, PV Sindhu used her superior physical strength to easily overcome Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-14, 21-18. She will face Tai Tzu Ying next. Meanwhile, doubles pair
Ashwini Ponappa – N Sikki Reddy and Chirag Shetty – Satwiksairaj Rankireddy crashed out after their defeat on Thursday.
Chirag Shetty / Satwiksairaj Rankireddy lose to Yew Sin Ong / Yi Teo Ee (MAL) – 9th Seed
Ponappa & Siki Reddy lose to Rawinda & Jongkolphan (THA) – 6th Seed
Some 🔥 battles lined up in the pre quarters as 🇮🇳 shuttlers will take court to book their spot in the quarter finals at #BWFWorldChampionships2021 👊
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⏰ 1.30 pm IST onwardsAll the best guys 💪#WorldChampionships2021#Badminton pic.twitter.com/RXyU8oJbxA
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 16, 2021
More action coming your way today! 🔥
Here are the match fixtures. 🤩 🏸#PBLIndia #Badminton #BWFWorldChampionships pic.twitter.com/57MLVdb7xT
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BWF World Championships LIVE: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen in action with quarter-final berth up for grabs – Follow LIVE Updates
Kidambi Srikanth vs Guang Zu Lu LIVE
Kidambi Srikanth is one of the few seeded Indian players and he showed his class as he progressed into the round of 16. The Indian ace clinched an opening round 21-12, 21-16 win over Pablo Abian, before following it up with a come from behind 15-21, 21-18, 21-17 to make it to the pre-quarters. Srikanth will now face a stern test in Guang Zu Lu and will hope to make it to the quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships. The duo have met only once previously with Srikanth winning the clash at the Indian Open back in 2019.
PV Sindhu BWF World Championship: PV Sindhu vs Pornpawee Chochuwong LIVE
The world number 7 Indian defeated her Thai opponent, ranked three places below her, 21-14 21-18 in the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted 48 minutes. With the win, Sindhu seeded sixth in the showpiece tournament, extended her head-to-head record against Chochuwong to 5-3.
PV Sindhu BWF World Championship: Sindhu also avenged her twin loss to Chochuwong this season — group match of BWF World Tour Finals earlier this month and All England Championships in March.
The double Olympic medallist Sindhu faces top seed and world number one Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei, who beat Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland 21-10 19-21 21-11, in the quarterfinals.
BWF World Championships LIVE: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen in action with quarter-final berth up for grabs – Follow LIVE Updates
Other Indian matches
Chirag Shetty / Satwiksairaj Rankireddy vs Yew Sin Ong / Yi Teo Ee
MD pair @Shettychirag04 & @satwiksairaj did well but fell short marginally against 🇲🇾 pair Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi in an intensed last-16 encounter at #BWFWorldChampionships2021.
Final score: 20-22, 21-18, 15-21#WorldChampionships2021#Badminton pic.twitter.com/lT4UT5jPtm
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 16, 2021
Ashwini Ponappa / N Siki Reddy vs Prajongjai Rawinda / Kititharakul Jongkolphan
WD pair @P9Ashwini & @sikkireddy used everything in their artillery but were unable to stop 6th seed WR- 9 🇹🇭 pair Kititharakul & Prajongjai in the pre quarters at #BWFWorldChampionships2021.#WorldChampionships2021#Badminton pic.twitter.com/sihtbl9U2T
— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) December 16, 2021
PV Sindhu BWF World Championship: Women’s doubles pair of Ashwani Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy on Thursday lost in the pre-quarterfinals match of the ongoing BWF World Championships 2021 in Huelva. The Indian pair got defeated by Thailand’s Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai in straight-sets 13-21, 15-21, in a match that lasted 38 minutes. Ponnappa and Sikki earlier defeated Liu Xuan Xuan/Xia Yu-Ting 21-11, 9-21, 21-13 in 51 minutes to enter the pre-quarterfinals.
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