BWF World Championship round up | Srikanth, Verma cruise to the next round as Men’s doubles pair Manu Atri-Sumeeth Reddy crash out

Srikanth was brimming with confidence as he took just 28 minutes to win the first-round match 21-13, 21-12 on Day 1 in Glasgow. Russia’s unseeded Sergey Sirant was hardly given any breathing space as the Indian shuttler took a 6-1 lead in the first game before winning the break 11-6.

The lead increased to 15-7 in no time and although Sirant did pull off some consecutive points, he was hardly a match for Srikanth who finished the first game 21-13. Though the second game wasn’t so one-sided with both exchanging points in the initial stages, Srikanth maintained a good six-point lead before sealing it 21-12.

Sameer was dominating his opponent 17-4 in the second game after winning the first one 21-8. A win was well within the sight when Spain’s Pablo Abian retired on medical grounds. The match lasted even shorter (27 minutes).

It was a bad day for the men’s doubles pair of Manu Atri and Sumeeth Reddy as they went down lost 20-22, 11-21 in the first round to Korean pair Chung Seok and Kim Dukyoung.

Tanvi Lad scripted a brilliant comeback to overcome England's Chloe Birch 17-21, 21-10, 21-19 in the first round of Women’s Singles. Following a first game loss, Tanvi changed her momentum winning the second round and forcing a tight decider, where she emerged victorious at the end.

Indo-Malaysian Mixed doubles pair of Prajakta Sawant and Yogendran Khrishnan had it tough against Chinese Taipei pair of Kai Hsin and Ching Yao as they won a tightly contested game 21-15, 13-21, 21-18, which lasted 49 minutes. The other Indian mixed doubles pair of Satwik Sairaj and K Maneesha saw off Hong Kong's Tam Hei and Ng Yau in a similarly hard-fought game where they won 24-22, 21-17 in 44 minutes.