All England Open 2023 Day 3 highlights: Treesa-Gayatri make quarters; Lakshya Sen, Prannoy, Srikanth, Satwik-Chirag out

Joseph has been with Khel Now since 2021 and currently serves as Senior Assistant Editor, leading the Olympic desk.

Published at :March 16, 2023 at 9:17 PM

Modified at :March 17, 2023 at 5:53 AM

Welcome to the live blog for Day 3 of the All England Open 2023 Badminton Championships. A number of Indian shuttlers, including Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth, will be in action today.

After two stunning days, the All England Open 2023 Badminton Championships moves to the last 16 stage. As many as three Indian shuttlers in singles and two Indian pairs in doubles will be in action on Thursday. Follow the All England Open 2023 live here.

For India, the day will start with the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand taking on Japanese duo Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota on court 2. Treesa/Gayatri pair beat Kititharakul/Prajongjai in straight games 21-18, 21-14 in the opening round.

The men's doubles pair and sixth-seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are likely to be next in action. They will face Chinese pair Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang on court 1. Sat-Chi duo beat compatriots Krishna Prasad/Vishnu Panjala 21-13, 21-13 in their first-round match.

Three back-to-back men's singles matches will follow then with Sen and Srikanth in action on court 2, while HS Prannoy will play on court 1.

Lakshya Sen, who reached the men's singles final last year, beat Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen 21-18, 21-19 in the opening round and will play Ander Antonsen in the last 16. HS Prannoy, on the other, put aside Wang Tzu Wei 21-19, 22-20 in his first-round match and will be up against third-seed Anthony Ginting of Singapore.

Kidambi Srikanth will face seventh-seeded Kodai Naraoka in the round of 16 after beating France's Toma Popov in three sets (19-21, 21-14, 21-5).

India's schedule for Day 3 of All England Open 2023

Men’s Singles Round of 16

Lakshya Sen vs Anders Antonsen - 6:30 PM IST* - Court 2

HS Prannoy vs Anthony Sinisuka Ginting - 8:45 PM IST* - Court 1

Kidambi Srikanth vs Kodai Naraoka - 8:45 PM IST* - Court 2

Men’s Doubles Round of 16

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty vs Liang Wei Keng/Wang Chang - 6:30 PM IST* - Court 1

Women’s Doubles Round of 16

Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand vs Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota - 4:15 IST* - Court 2

Joseph Biswas

Joseph is a Senior Assistant Editor and journalist specializing in Olympic sports at Khel Now. Since joining in 2021, he has steadily progressed from content writer to editor. With a Master’s degree in journalism, Joseph began his career in 2017 as a freelancer covering Indian football extensively. At Khel Now, he initially worked on the football desk, handling ground coverage and transfer news. In 2022, he was promoted to lead the Olympic desk, where he continues to focus his expertise.