Tokyo Olympics : Day 1 Badminton Round Up

The First match of Day 01 begins with the Japanese Mixed doubles Pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino defeating Denmark's Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje in a three setter. Final scores - 20-22, 21-11 & 21-15

The debutant India pair defeated the world no.3 Chinese Taipei pair in a 66 mins thriller, taking it to a decider 27-25 in Favour of the Indians, the Indian pair took the third game from 16-19 down to 20-19 lead and brought out the best short rally attacks to win the game. Final scores - 21-16, 16-21 & 27-25

The Indonesian World No.1 Kevin Sukamuljo & Marcus Gideon, showed zero mercy against the English pair of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy, winning their first match in straight games. Final scores 21-15 and 21-11.

Tai tzu Ying, showed the world why she is the world no.1 by winning her first match convincingly against Switzerland's Sabrina Jaquet. Final scores 21-7, 21-13

It was not so good news for the Indian men's singles star Sai Praneeth. As he went down in his first group stage match against the unseeded Israel's Misha Zilberman, in a two-set game 17-21, 15-21, Praneeth was seen not converting the game the way he wanted to, we hope he bounces back for the next match.

In other matches, the Indonesian Women’s Doubles specialists Greysia Polii & Apriyani Rahayu wins their first match with a comfortable score of 21-14/21-17 against the Malaysians Chow Mei Kuan & Lee Meng Yean, and Thuy Linh Nguyen gets the best on Qi Xue Fei with an easy two setter, 21-11,21-11.

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