The Indian badminton players, 66th in the mixed doubles BWF rankings, took one hour and two minutes to get the better of the world No. 182 pair of Zhang Han Yu and Bao Li Jing from the People’s Republic of China with a 12-21, 21-15, 21-17 scoreline.
Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila will take on compatriots Mohit Jaglan and Lakshita Jaglan in the next round.
Top-seeded Indian pair of N Sikki Reddy-B Sumeeth Reddy, members of the silver medal-winning Indian badminton team at the Commonwealth Games 2022, also advanced.
The Indian duo defeated the fellow Indian pair of Subramanian Sunjith and Gowri Krishna 21-10, 21-18 in just 26 minutes.
PV Sindhu defeated rising star Anmol Kharb in her women’s singles round of 32 match. Paris 2024 Olympics semi-finalist Lakshya Sen, the top-seeded men’s singles player at the BWF Super 300 event defeated Malaysia’s unseeded Sholeh Aidil.
India’s top-ranked men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were also slated to compete in Lucknow but withdrew ahead of their first-round match on Tuesday.
Syed Modi International 2024 badminton: Day 1 India results
Men’s singles – Qualification
- Rasindu Hendahewa (SRI) bt Vishal Vasudevan 21-11, 4-1 Retired
- Siddharth Pratap Singh bt Bharat Raghav 21-17, 21-16
- Sholeh Aidil (MAS) bt Pranay Katta 21-12, 21-16
- Sholeh Aidil (MAS) bt Manav Choudhary 15-21, 21-6, 21-11
- Orijit Chaliha bt Subhankar Dey Walkover
- Siddharth Pratap Singh bt Orijit Chaliha 15-21, 21-12, 21-17
- Saneeth Dayanand bt Tarun Reddy Katam 21-14, 21-14
- Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar bt Siddhanth Gupta 21-13, 21-14
- Saneeth Dayanand bt Rasindu Hendahewa 21-14, 21-6
- Pranay Katta bt Abhishek Saini 22-20, 21-14
- Abhishek Yeligar bt Darshan Pujari 21-18, 12-21, 30-29
- Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar bt Abhishek Yeligar 21-12, 21-7
Women’s singles – Qualification
- Han Qian Xi (CHN) bt Shruti Mundada 21-9, 21-11
- Mansi Singh bt Prashansa Bonam 21-11, 22-24, 21-12
- Tanvi Sharma bt Aashi Rawat 21-12, 21-10
- Navya Kanderi bt Sakshi Gahlawat 21-8, 21-8
Men’s doubles – Qualification
- Yash Raikwar/Thandrangi Hema Nagendra Babu bt Ajinkya Patharkar/Ganesh Vittalji 21-13, 13-21, 21-11
- Chen Xu Jun/Guo Ruo Han (CHN) bt Ayush Agarwal/Nitin Kumar 21-18, 21-12
- Viplav Kuvale/Viraj Kuvale bt Chayanit Joshi/Mayank Rana 21-16, 21-11
- Pharanyu Kaosamaang/Tanadon Punpanich (THA) bt Dingku Singh Konthoujam/Amaan Mohammad 21-12, 21-13
Women’s doubles – Qualification
- Keng Shu Liang/Wang Ting Ge (CHN) bt Khushi Gupta/Likhita Srivastava 21-6, 21-8
- Li Hua Zhou/Wang Zi Meng (CHN) bt Yashica/Shenan Christian 21-11, 21-8
- Kavya Gupta/Radhika Sharma bt Aradhana Balachandra/Muskaan Khan 21-10, 21-11
- Kanika Kanwal/Bharti Pal bt Deeksha Choudhary/Nila Valluvan 21-15, 21-13
Mixed doubles – Qualification
- Thandrangi Hema Nagendra Babu/Kanika Kanwal bt Bharathsanjai S/Sania Sikkandar 21-15, 16-21, 21-17
- Liao Pin Yi/Huang Ke Xin (CHN) bt Harshvardhan Kothari/Aradhana Balachandra 21-9, 21-5
- Bhargav Ram Arigela/Vennala Kalagotla bt Ayush Makhija/Deeksha Choudhary 21-16, 23-21
- Ganesh Vittalji/Shivani Santosh Singh bt Sanjai Srivatsa Dhanraj/Trisha Hegde 21-19, 25-23
MAIN DRAW
Mixed doubles
- Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto bt Zhang Han Yu/Bao Li Jing (CHN) 12-21, 21-15, 21-17
- Phuwanat Horbanluekit/Fungfa Korpthammakit (THA) bt Ayush Agarwal/Shruti Mishra 21-14, 19-21, 21-17
- Wong Tien Ci/Lim Chiew Sien (MAS) bt Venkat Gaurav Prasad/Juhi Dewangan 21-12, 21-10
- Zhou Zhi Hong/Yang Jia Yi (CHN) bt Sathwik Reddy Kanapuram/Vaishnavi Khadkekar 21-9, 21-12
- Reddy B. Sumeeth/Reddy Sikki bt Subramanian Sunjith/Gowri Krishna T R 21-10, 21-18
- Chayanit Joshi/Kavya Gupta bt Bokka Navaneeth/Ritika Thaker 21-19, 22-20
- Rohan Kapoor/Gadde Ruthvika Shivani bt Nithin H.V./Anagha Aravinda Pai 21-14, 21-12
- Deep Rambhiya/Simran Singhi bt Ashith Surya/Amrutha Pramuthesh 21-15, 10-21, 23-21
- Mohit Jaglan/Lakshita Jaglan bt Kona Tarun/Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli 19-21, 21-14, 21-11
- Gouse Shaik/Maneesha K bt Nitin Kumar/Ridhi Kaur Toor 21-16, 12-21, 21-19
- Vishnu Sreekumar/Aparna Balan bt Suraj Goala/Navdha Manglam 21-19, 21-11
