Badminton Asia Championships: India's performance so far

PV Sindhu made a winning return to the court on Wednesday

The Badminton Asia Championship commenced in Wuhan, China on Tuesday. India featured in two events on the opening day- men’s singles and women’s doubles. Parupalli Kashyap won his singles match against Derek Wong of Singapore in straight games to progress through to the second round. On the other hand, the women’s doubles pairing of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa didn't have the best of beginnings as they crashed out in the opening round.

Day 1 Results

No.	Match	Scoreline
1.	Parupalli Kashyap(IND) def. Derek Wong(SIN)	21-17 21-13
2.	Ya Ching Tsu/Yu Po Pai(CHN) def. Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa(IND)	21-17 15-21 21-15

India did well once again in the singles on Day Two of the Championships with PV Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap recording victories in their respective second round matches but there was disappointing news on the doubles front again, as Akshay Dewalkar and Jerry Pranaav crashed out in the first round.

Day 2 Results

No.	Match	Scoreline
1.	PV Sindhu(IND) def. Anait Khurshudyan(UZK)	21-6 21-5
2.	Parupalli Kashyap(IND) def. Jen Hao Tsu(CHN)	15-21 21-18 21-19
3.	Hiroyuki Endo/Kenichi Hayawaka(JPN) def. Akshay Dewalkar/Jerry Pranaav(IND)	21-15 21-17
4.	Manu Atri/Sumeeth Reddy(IND) def. Ahmad Shekib Iqbal/Ahmad Faheem Yari(AFG)	Walkover