New Delhi: Young Indian Shuttler Ashmita Chalic recorded the first annoyance from India Open when he surprised the fifth seed Evgeniya Kosetskaya while the top seed PV Sindhu sailed to the second round of the women’s tournament on Tuesday.
The ruling world champion Loh Kean Yew was stretched into three matches while Kidambi Srikanth’s favorite home registered a convincing victory in the first round of the men’s singles of each of the World Tour 500 tournament series.
Loh beat Xiaodong Sheng 16-21, 21-4, 21 -4, 21-13 While Srikanth packed former Junior World No.
1 Siril Verma 21-17, 21-10 to advance to the second round.
Previously on that day, Chalih which was not checked only needed 31 minutes to get better than the world number 28 Russia 24-22, 21-16, while the Double Olympic medal Sindhu sailed passing compatriot Sri Krishna Priya Karakarvalli 21-5, 21- 16 in the opening round.
However, it was curtains for Chirag Sen when he lost 8-21, 7-21 to Soong Joo Ven of Malaysia in the men’s singles opening round.
In his opening, Chalih began to be strong by hiring a destroyed down-the-line to open the 11-5 advantage.
However, Indians made a lot of mistakes after the break and Kosetsyaka pounced the opportunity to raise the first score on 14-14 and then fight back from 16-19 to get his first game points.
But Girls from Guwahati, who have lost to Russia in their previous contest in 2019, managed to regroup and force their opponents to make unprocessed mistakes and then save two more points before reaching SMASH.
The second game followed a similar track like Chaliha opened a 11-4 advantage, only to close Russia until 19-16.
However, Indians are more control of this time and make it calm under pressure to complete the match in 31 minutes.
“I haven’t played many matches in the past few years.
So, I am nervous and it affects me in the middle of the game.
But once I won the first match, I am more confident and so I relaxed there the second game,” Chaliha said after the match .
“This is a big event and I hope to play Russia but I play safely and it helps to draw matches.” This is one of my biggest wins.
I played it before, I have lost him in the game directly so it was my biggest victory, “he told reporters at a virtual press conference.
Chalio will overlook Yelle Hoeux in France, who defeated Riya Mookerjee India 14-21 13-21.
Sindhu will play The winner of the match between Hany Doha and the Igan Sharma Egypt The season is the key to success in competitive sports like badminton.
“Definitely, I need to adjust my game more and do my skills, also add more weapons because everyone goes.
to read your game.
“So, it’s important to change your game against the player because now they watch your previous match, so you have to compile strategically,” insisting Sindhu.
“Sometimes you have to understand the game, sometimes you have to play fast, you must be consistent in demonstrations.” I have to patiently do it, not just play one type of game, sometimes the opponent doesn’t allow me to attack, so I need to play a defensive game and I have to be perfect in that.
“Talking about his first sightseeing in India this year opened, Sindhu said:” I played with him a long time back.
I’m not easy.
The first match is always important.
Play the first day at the stadium, I have to make sure that my stroke came well and I only maintained the advantage and finished the match.
“In another match from the opening session, a mixed doubles pair K Sai Prateekh and Gayatri Gopichand beat Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Castro 21-16, 16-21, 21-17.
The top seeds of Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan from Indonesia got a campaign from the beginning Win by beating Prem Singh Chouhan and Rajesh Verma 21 -18, 21-10.
India Opens: Chalica, Sindhu and Srikanth Sail to Round 2
