Indian shuttlers Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Jerry Chopra came out on top in a topsy-turvy opening match to proceed to the men’s doubles second round of the World Championships being held at the 9,200-seater Ballerup Super Arena here Monday.
However, it was the end of the road for Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa whose campaign in the mixed doubles category came to a crashing end on the first day of the sport’s most prestigious tournament.
It was a neck-and-neck encounter in the first game against Hong Kong pair Yun Lung Chan and Chun Hei Lee but Dewalkar and Chopra did well to stick it out and take home the first game 21-19.
The second game was also pretty close at the start but as it progressed, the World No.43 combine from Hong Kong kept extending their lead to win the game 21-16 and level the match.
Yun and Chun maintained most of the lead till 16-14 in the decider but the World No.39 Indians came out with a brilliant spurt to scalp the next six points and have four matchpoints at hand. However, Dewalkar and Chopra wasted all four of them and the match was level once more at 20-all.
World Badminton Championships: Shuttlers Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Jerry Chopra enter second round at Copenhagen | Latest News & Gossip on Popular Trends at India.com
However, it was the end of the road for Tarun Kona and Ashwini Ponnappa whose campaign in the mixed doubles category came to a crashing end on the first day of the sport’s most prestigious tournament.
It was a neck-and-neck encounter in the first game against Hong Kong pair Yun Lung Chan and Chun Hei Lee but Dewalkar and Chopra did well to stick it out and take home the first game 21-19.
The second game was also pretty close at the start but as it progressed, the World No.43 combine from Hong Kong kept extending their lead to win the game 21-16 and level the match.
Yun and Chun maintained most of the lead till 16-14 in the decider but the World No.39 Indians came out with a brilliant spurt to scalp the next six points and have four matchpoints at hand. However, Dewalkar and Chopra wasted all four of them and the match was level once more at 20-all.
World Badminton Championships: Shuttlers Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Jerry Chopra enter second round at Copenhagen | Latest News & Gossip on Popular Trends at India.com