India's star shuttler HS Prannoy advanced to the men’s singles second round of the World Championships with a straight-game win over Finland’s Kalle Koljonen on Monday.

The quarterfinalist of the last two editions Prannoy got the better of left-handed Koljonen by 24-22, 21-10 to extend his head-to-head count over the Finnish player to 3-0.

The game witnessed an exciting battle between the two players as Koljonen was quick to open up an 8-4 lead. But Prannoy picked up with seven straight points to grab an 11-8 lead at the break.

Earlier, Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy bowed out of the tournament after the mixed doubles pair lost 14-21, 22-20, 18-21 in 59 minutes against Scotland's Adam Hall and Julie Macpherson.

The Indian pair lost the first game before leveling with the win in the second. However, the Scottish pair held their nerves to go past the Indians in the third game.

World No. 9 HS Prannoy, who won the Malaysia Masters title and reached the final of the Australian Open, is the top-ranked Indian in the men’s singles competition.

Commonwealth Games champion and world No. 11 Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth, the 2021 silver medallist, will also compete in the men’s singles event.

 

The upcoming matches featuring Indian players on Day 1.

Court 2

Men’s Singles, Round of 64 - Kidambi Srikanth vs [14] Kenta Nishimoto (JPN) - 9:40 PM IST (Estimated)

Court 3

Men’s Singles, Round of 64 - [11] Lakshya Sen vs Georges Julien Paul (MAU) - 5:45 PM IST (Estimated)


India's squad in World Badminton Championships 2023:

Men’s singles: Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy

Women’s singles: PV Sindhu

Men’s doubles: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty

Women’s doubles: Gayatri Gopichand/Treesa Jolly, Ashwini Bhat K/Shikha Gautam

Mixed doubles: Rohan Kapoor/N Sikki Reddy, Venkat Prasad/Juhi Dewangan


Live Streaming & Telecast details: The live streaming of the World Badminton Championships 2023 will be available on Jio Cinema as well as the Badminton World Federation’s official YouTube channel, BWF TV. Sports18 1 channel will broadcast the tournaments on TV in India.