Jwala-Ashwini advance in Badminton World Championships
THE WOMEN'S DOUBLES PAIR OF Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnapa won their respective matches in the World Championships in Jakarta on Wednesday.
The pair had better luck, winning their second round contest 21-10, 21-18 against Chinese Taipei's duo of Hsieh Pei Chen and Wu Ti Jung.
The doubles specialists dominated the contest from the very beginning and wrapped up the match in just 24 minutes, winning 42 of the 70 total points played.
They will next play the Japanese pair of Reika Kakiiwa and Miyuki Maeda in the next round.
The other Indian doubles pair of Pradnya Gadre and Sikki N. Reddy failed to emulate their senior teammates and went down fighting 17-21, 19-21 against Japan's Shizuka Matsuo and Mami Naito.
@badmintonmuse thank you guys but will work more hard and come back to win such close games, once again thank you for the support
— sikkireddy (@sikkireddy) August 12, 2015
The other singles player H.S. Prannoy kept his chances alive by winning his second round contest on Wednesday.
Eleventh-seed Prannoy took only 39 minutes to beat Ugandan player Edwin Ekiring 21-14 21-19 to sail into the third round. He won 42 of the 75 total points played in the game.
Through to #PreQuarters of the #BWFWorldChampionships Won #Round2 in straight games 21-14, 21-19 @GoSportsVoices @Media_SAI @BAIMedia1
— PRANNOY HS (@PRANNOYHSPRI) August 12, 2015
Prannoy will face seventh seeded Dane Viktor Axelsen in the quarter-final clash.
Later in the day, world number two Saina Nehwal will take on Ngan Yi Cheung of Hong Kong in the women's singles competition.
