India Open 2025 Badminton Day 2 Live Updates: It was a mixed opening day of the India Open 2025 for Indian shuttlers. PV Sindhu and the doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had to dig deep for victories.
Sindhu looked a bit rusty but managed to battle through a 21-14, 22-20 victory over world No. 24 Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei.
In men’s doubles, title contenders Satwiksairaj and Shetty, seeded 7th, overcame a few nervous moments to defeat Malaysia’s world No. 7 duo, Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee, 23-21, 19-21, 21-16.
Here are the major results from Day 1
Men’s singles
Toma Popov (Fra) bt Kenta Nishimoto (Jpn) 20-22, 21-10, 21-14; Kiran George (Ind) bt Yushi Tanaka (Jpn) 21-19, 14-21, 27-25; Leong Jun Hao (Mas) bt Li Shi Feng (Chn) 18-21, 21-17, 21-17
Women’s singles
Yeo Jia Min (Sin) bt Thuy Linh Nguyen (Vie) 19-21, 22-20, 21-5, Gregoria Tunjung (Ina) bt Line Christophersen 25-27, 21-12, 21-11; Ratchnok Intanon (Tha) bt Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) 21-13, 21-15; PV Sindhu (Ind) bt Sung Shou Yun (Tpe) 21-14, 22-20
Men’s doubles
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty (Ind) bt Wei Chong Man/Kai Wun Tee (Mas) 23-21, 19-21, 21-16
Women’s doubles
Ashwini Bhat K/Shikha Gautam (Ind) bt Jackie Dent/Crystal Lai (Can) 22-20, 21-18; Ornnicha Jongsathapornparn/Sukitta Suwachai (Tha) bt Amrutha Prathumesh/Sonali Singh (Ind) 19-21, 21-15, 21-12; 4-Li Yi Jing/Luo Xu Min (Chn) bt Rashmi Ganesh/Sania Sikkandar (Ind) 21-8, 21-9; Arisa Igarashi/Ayako Sakuramoto (Jpn) bt 5-Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand (Ind) 23-21, 21-19; Hu Ling Fang/Jheng Yu Chieh (Tpe) bt Apporva Gahlawat/Sakshi Gahlawat (Ind) 21-12, 21-4
Mixed doubles
Dhruv Kapila/Tanisha Crasto (Ind) bt Chen Cheng Kuan/Hsu Yin-Hui (Tpe) 8-21, 21-19, 21-17; Thom Gicquel/Delphine Delrue (Fra) bt Sathish Kumar Karunakaran/Adya Variyath (Ind) 21-12, 21-10; Hee Yong Kai Terry/Jin Yu Jia (Sin) bt Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani G (Ind) 17-21, 21-18, 21-15
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India Open 2025 Live: Karunakaran-Variyath, Rohan-Ruthvika Exit
In mixed doubles, S Karunakaran and A Variyath lost 12-21, 10-21 to the French pair of T Gicquel and D Delrue. Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Gadde also fought hard but were defeated 21-17, 18-21, 15-21 by Hee Yong Kai Terry and Jin Yu Jia.
India Open 2025 Live: Ashwini, Shikha Advance But Curtains For Treesa-Gayatri
In the women’s doubles event, Ashwini Bhat and Shikha Gautam of India defeated Crystal Lai and Jackie Dent 22-20, 21-18. However, it was curtains for Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand as they suffered a 21-23, 19-21 loss to Japan’s Arisa Igarashi and Ayako Sakuramoto.
Amrutha Pramuthesh and Sonali Singh also bowed out, going down 21-19, 15-21, 12-21 to Thailand’s O Jongsathapornparn and S Suwachai.
India Open Badminton 2025 Live: Winning Start For Mixed Doubles Hopefuls
In the mixed doubles event, India’s Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila entered to the second round with a 8-21, 21-19, 21-17 victory over Chinese Taipei’s Chen Cheng Kuan and Hsu Yin-Hui.
India Open Badminton Live: Kiran Enters Round Of 16
Kiran George won a thrilling round of 32 clash against Japan’s Yushi Tanaka. Kiran won 21-19, 14-21, 27-25 during which he also saved three match points against the world no. 25.
India Open Badminton Live: Sat-Chi Off To A Winning Start
In men’s doubles, the celebrated Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were given a tough fight by the Malaysian pair of Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee. Satwik-Chirag won in three games – 23-21, 19-21, 21-16 – to advance to the next round.
“They defended quite well, and it was very difficult to penetrate. Their service retrieving was also good. They have improved immensely,” Chirag said of his opponents.
India Open Badminton Day 2: PV Sindhu Battles For Opening Win
Top India shuttler PV Sindhu has returned to action. She took on world No. 24 Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei in her opening round clash on Tuesday. Having been out of action for some time, Sindhu took her time to get into some rhythm. She won 21-14, 22-20.
India Open Badminton Day 2 Live!
Good morning, everyone! Welcome to our live coverage from the second day of the India Open 2025 badminton tournament that got underway from Tuesday in New Delhi. Plenty of Indian stars will be in action today including Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, doubles duo of Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto and more. Among the overseas stars, two-time Olympic gold medallist Viktor Axelsen will start his campaign today. Stick with us for all the latest updates.
