MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila stormed into the round of 16 of the World Championships with a 21-17, 21-16 win over Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen.
File image of Indian pair of Arjun MR and Dhruv Kapila. Image: Twitter/@PBLIndiaLive
India had a mixed start to Day 3 of the BWF World Championships on Wednesday as the men’s doubles pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila caused an upset against the world number 8 Danish duo of Kim Astrup and Anders Rasmussen, while the Ashwini Ponnappa/N Sikki Reddy and Pooja Dandu/Sanajan Santosh lost their respective women’s doubles matches in the round of 32.
Arjun and Dhruv stormed into the round of 16 with a 21-17, 21-16 win over 2021 bronze medallists and eight seed Astrup and Rasmussen. The Indian pair’s victory over the higher-ranked Danish duo was a result of a strong defence as they kept calm under pressure to secure their first win over a top 10 team.
Elsewhere, Ashwini-Sikki suffered a 15-21, 10-21 loss to China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan. Pooja-Sanjana lost 15-21, 7-21 to South Korea’s Shin Seung-chan and Lee So Hee.
Also, in action on Wednesday in the round of 32 matches from India will be HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen, Kidami Srikanth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullela.
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