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All England Badminton 2024 live, PV Sindhu vs An Se Young: India’s top bowlers will be in action on Thursday at the prestigious All England Open badminton championship as the round of 16 stage begins.
Firstly, two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu suffered a back-to-back loss against An Se Yong. She faced the toughest test currently in women’s singles and put up a good fight in the first match, but the challenge failed in the end. Sindhu now trails Se Young 0-7 in their matchup. The Korean has been in phenomenal form for over a year and is also the reigning champion.
Read more about Sindhu’s defeat here.
Later, the focus will be on Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who come to the event after winning the French Open title last week. They defeated the tough pairing of Indonesian legends Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan in straight matches on Wednesday. Satwik-Chirag will face another Indonesian pair, Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana, who were All England Badminton Open champions in 2022.
Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa will also be in action later in the day.
Also in the fray will be Lakshya Sen, a former runner-up who is unseeded in Birmingham this year. He defeated young Danish southpaw Magnus Johannesen, 21-14, 21-14 in an easy Round 1 clash to finish as the only Indian in Round 2 of the men’s singles. Lakshya faces another, more compact, stubborn and faster Dane, fourth-seeded Anders Antonsen, who lost his first match of the World Tour 2024 badminton season last week. Meanwhile, Priyanshu Rajawat gave Chico Wardoyo a scare before losing.
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