Former champion Kidambi Srikanth staved off a spirited problem from Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long Angus to progress to the second spherical of the Denmark Open Super 750 badminton match in Odense on Tuesday. Returning to the venue the place he had claimed the title 5 years in the past, the 2021 World Championships silver medallist notched up a 17-21 21-14 21-12 win over the world quantity 14 Hong Kong participant in a 56-minute contest. Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand additionally superior to the following spherical after beating Denmark’s Alexandra Boje and Amalie Magelund 21-15 21-15 of their girls’s doubles opener.
The Indian pairing will meet sixth seeds Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai of Thailand.
Coming into the match with a 3-3 head-to-head file, Srikanth discovered the going robust in opposition to Angus, and shortly fell behind because the Hong Kong participant eked out a 11-8 lead on the mid-game interval.
Angus did not permit the Indian to make a comeback to finally take the opening sport.
In the second sport, Srikanth managed to take a 6-3 lead however Angus turned the tables to seize a 10-8 lead.
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Srikanth acquired his act collectively within the nick of time and reeled off eight straight factors to maneuver to 16-10. He saved his calm to take the match to the decider. In the third sport, Srikanth got here out all weapons blazing to leap to a 11-4 cushion on the interval. He produced some good high quality photographs on the web and likewise coated the court docket nicely to seal the match comfortably with a pointy return at his rival’s entrance court docket.
The former world primary Indian will tackle 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore within the subsequent spherical.
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