The third day and the second round of India Open 2022 gets underway on Thursday, January 13 with the likes of PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen in action. All the matches of the tournament are being held at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall at the Indira Gandhi Stadium, in New Delhi. The 11th edition of the BWF Tour Super 500 Series tournament marked a return after a two-year break due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Ahead of the third day, BWF announced that seven players tested positive for coronavirus and they had been withdrawn from the tournament. News18.com learnt that Kidambi Srikanth and Ashwini Ponnappa were among the ones to test positive.
BWF announced that there will be no replacements and their opponents will get a walkover. The statement also read that doubles partners of the infected players were deemed close contacts and had to be withdrawn as well.
The second day of the tournament saw the likes of Saina Nehwal, Lakshya and HS Prannoy enter the second round. Saina Nehwal survived a little bit of a scare after her her opponent Czech Republic’s Tereza Svabikova retired at the start of the second game after losing the first 20-22.
HS Prannoy registered an easy 21-14, 21-7 win over Spaniard Pablo Abian to make the second round while Lakshya also eased past Adham Hatem Elgamal 21-15, 21-7 in just 25 minutes.
On the first day, Ashmita Chaliha sprang a good surprise when she beat fifth seed and World number 28 Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Russia in straight sets in the opening round. Men’s doubles top seeds Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan got their campaign off to a winning start while Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew survived an early scare.
Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth also got off to winning starts as the former beat compatriot Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli 21-5, 21-16 in just 27 minutes while Srikanth triumphed over Siril Verma 21-17, 21-10 in the first round.
Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Dhruv Rawat had already pulled out of the tournament after testing Covid-19 positive.
The third day of the India Open begins on Thursday and here is the order of play:
HALL 1
Starting at 10.00am
TAN Kian Meng-LAI Pei Jing[1] vs Siddharth JAKHAR-Megha Morchana BORA
Sameer VERMA[6] vs Brian YANG
Konstantin ABRAMOV-Anastasiia AKCHURINA vs Dhruv KAPILA-REDDY N. Sikki[7] – Walkover
Not before 12.00pm
Kim BRUUN vs KIDAMBI Srikanth[1] – Walkover
Mohammad AHSAN-Hendra SETIAWAN[1] vs Bhaskar CHAKRABORTY-Kapil CHAUDHARY
LOH Kean Yew[5] vs SOONG Joo Ven
Not before 2.00pm
Maria ULITINA vs Busanan ONGBAMRUNGPHAN[2]
Ekaterina MALKOVA-Anastasiia SHAPOVALOVA vs Ashwini PONNAPPA-REDDY N. Sikki[2] – Walkover
Felix BURESTEDT vs Lakshya SEN[3]
Srivedya GURAZADA-Ishika JAISWAL vs Vivian HOO-LIM Chiew Sien[5]
HALL 2
Starting at 10.00am
Ashmita CHALIHA vs Yaelle HOYAUX
HEE Yong Kai Terry-TAN Wei Han vs Akshan SHETTY-Simran SINGHI – Walkover
Lucas CLAERBOUT vs NG Tze Yong
Not before 12.00pm
YEO Jia Min[3] vs Anupama UPADHYAYA
Benyapa AIMSAARD-Nuntakarn AIMSAARD[4] vs Tanishka DESHPANDE-Shruti MUNDADA
Kalle KOLJONEN vs Sergey SIRANT
Not before 2.00pm
ONG Yew Sin-TEO Ee Yi[3] vs Utkarsh ARORA-Akshan SHETTY
Shyam PRASAD-S. Sunjith (Jr) vs Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY-Chirag SHETTY[2]
Anuriya DAS-Sanghamitra SAIKIA vs Anastasiia AKCHURINA-Olga MOROZOVA[3]
Gaurav DESWAL-Shubham YADAV vs HEE Yong Kai Terry-LOH Kean Hean
HALL 3
Starting at 10.00am
CHEN Tang Jie-PECK Yen Wei[3] vs Sai Pratheek K-Gayatri Gopichand PULLELA – Walkover
Not before 11.15am
Nithin H.V.-Ashwini BHAT K. vs Adham Hatem ELGAMAL-Doha HANY[6]
Supanida KATETHONG[6] vs Polina BUHROVA
Not before 12.00pm
Kashish SHARMA-Saruni SHARMA vs CHAN Peng Soon-Valeree SIOW[5]
Tanya HEMANTH vs Lauren LAM
Torjus FLAATTEN-Vegard RIKHEIM vs Vasantha Kumar HANUMAIAH RANGANATHA-Ashith SURYA
Not before 2:00 PM
Joshua MAGEE-Paul REYNOLDS vs Vaibhaav.-Nithin H.V.
Haritha MANAZHIYIL HARINARAYANAN-Ashna ROY vs Treesa JOLLY-Gayatri Gopichand PULLELA[7] – Walkover
Sanjai Srivatsa DHANRAJ-Siddarth ELANGO vs Fabien DELRUE-William VILLEGER[8]
Ramya Venkatesh CHICKMENHALLI-Apeksha NAYAK vs Ashwini BHAT K.-Shikha GAUTAM[8]
HALL 4
Starting at 10.00am
Ayush MAKHIJA-Deeksha CHOUDHARY vs Rodion ALIMOV-Alina DAVLETOVA[2]
PUSARLA V. Sindhu [1] vs Ira SHARMA
Venkat Gaurav PRASAD-Juhi DEWANGAN[8] vs Sanjai Srivatsa DHANRAJ-Pooja DANDU
Not before 12.00pm
Aakarshi KASHYAP vs Keyura MOPATI
Malvika BANSOD vs Saina NEHWAL [4]
Nhat NGUYEN vs Rahul Yadav CHITTABOINA
Not before 2.00pm
PRANNOY H. S.[8] vs Mithun MANJUNATH – Walkover
Deeksha CHOUDHARY-Yashica JAKHAR vs Simran SINGHI-Ritika THAKER – Walkover
Rudrani JAISWAL-JAMALUDEEN Anees Kowsar vs Kavya GUPTA-Khushi GUPTA – Walkover
Ishaan BHATNAGAR-Sai Pratheek K vs M.R. ARJUN-Dhruv KAPILA[6] – Walkover
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