Srikanth begins campaign with win

Kidambi Srikanth

India badminton ace Kidambi Srikanth beat Pablo Abian of Spain to begin his BWF World Championships campaign on a winning note here
on Sunday.

The 12th seeded Indian beat the local challenger 21-12, 21-16 in 36 minutes in the first round of the men's singles event. The Indian men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, however, lost 16-21, 15-21 to Joel Elpe and Rasmus Kjaer of Denmark in the opening round.

Earlier, the women's doubles pair of Pooja Dandu and Sanjana Santosh retired after they lost the first game 12-21 to the Dutch duo of Alyssa Tirtosentono and Imke van der Aar.

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