Asian Games 2018: Badminton Day 5, First Round, Live Score, Latest Updates & Results

Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu enter second round!

Updated: 23 August 2018 17:03 IST - Published: 23 August 2018 09:58 IST

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And that brings us to the end of Day 1 coverage of individual badminton events.

To sum up the day for India:

Saina Nehwal breezed through her opener, PV Sindhu survived a scare in singles.

In doubles, both men's doubles pairs (Rankireddy-Shetty & Attri-Reddy) and the women's doubles pair of Reddy and Ponnappa won. Sunil and Panda lost their opener in women's doubles.

India's campaign came to an end in mixed doubles with both Ponnappa-Rankireddy and Reddy-Chopra losing in the first round.

While Chopra and Reddy's loss was understandable as they lost to the World No. 9 pair, Rankireddy and Ponnappa's loss will hurt.

The Indians were error-prone, especially Ponnappa and failed to show the confidence and rhythm they have been showing off late. What is most disappointing is they made this early an exit after reaching the quarter-finals at the World Championships just a few days back.

With the back-to-back twin losses, India's campaign comes to an end in mixed doubles on the first day of individual competition itself

And this time, they make no mistake!

Reddy and Chopra lose 15-21, 12-23 to Goh and Chan

Service error by Chopra!

Match point to Malatysia

22-21

Relentless returns from the Indians extracts an error from the Malaysians

21-21

Chan raining down smashes!

Match point for Malaysia

Superb body smashing from the Malaysians!

20-20

20-18

two game points for the Indians!!!

Now Chopra is SMASHING HARD!

19-17 FOR THE INDIANS!

Some inspired play from the tall man, Chopra and India get back 2 points

18-17

Reddy makes an error on serve at a crucial juncture.....the lead is now with the Malaysians at 17-16

SIX POINTS IN A ROW FOR THE MALAYSIANS! THEY HAVE COMPLETELY TURNED IT AROUND!

16-15 NOW

There is injection of pace and power into the Malaysians' shots...they are being very, very aggressive and going for body smashes!

Indians now up 15-13

14-8 now is the lead for the Indians...they are calmly building on their score

And the Indians are very much buoyed by that scoreline....there is spring in the step of both Reddy and Chopra....taking the shuttle early and going all-out on attack!

12-6 for the Indians

11-6 lead for the Indians going into the mid-game interval.

It's 10-5 now for Reddy and Chopra.

They seem to have found a way to keep the Malaysians away for now

Their angles are working brilliantly.

Reddy and Chopra have lost the first game 21-15 and are now up 8-4 in the second game.

Can they stage a comeback and enforce a decider?

But let's turn our attention once again to Reddy and Chopra

Considering the fact that Rankireddy and Ponnappa made it to the quarter-finals at the World Championships just a few day back, this is a disappointing result indeed.

Rankireddy and Ponnappa have lost their first round match 25-27, 16-21 to the Thai pair of Puavaranukroh and Taerattanachai

Rankireddy and Ponnappa save ONE MATCH POINT

16-20

FIVE MATCH POINTS FOR THE THAI COMBINE AGAINST PONNAPPA AND RANKIREDDY'

20-15

Three points go the way of the Thai and Rankireddy and Ponnappa now trail 15-18 in the second game

And now the Malaysians are looking stronger than ever!

They have taken two quick points to go up to 19-15 in the first game

The gap continues to remain a two-point one as Reddy and Chopra still trail 15-17 in the first game

Rankireddy and Ponnappa level the scores!!!!!

15-15 in the second game

Reddy and Chopra still trail the Malaysians by TWO points

14-16 in the first game

The Thai pair has made a strong comeback against Ponnappa and Rankireddy and is now 14-13 up in the second game

Worrying times ahead for the Indians!

meanwhile, Rankireddy and Chopra are 13-11 in the second game of their match

The Malaysians have cut down on the errors and have taken four points on the trot!

They have now gone up to 13-11 over Reddy and Chopra in the first game

Meanwhile, Rankireddy and Ponnappa have built an 11-7 lead going into the mid-game interval.

The Malaysians are trying to vary the pace of the match by going for dropshots to surprise Chopra and Reddy.

The Indians are still up 10-9

It's 9-6 to Rankireddy and Ponnappa now in the second game

The Malaysian pair is trying to rush things and is making errors. Reddy and Chopra have now gone up to 9-7 in the 1st game

Rankireddy and Ponnappa are currently up 7-4 in the second game of their match

Some inspired play from Reddy and Chopra in the last couple of minutes and the Indians surge to 7-5 in the first game.

Rankireddy and Ponnappa are now up 5-3 in the second game of their match

For Reddy and Chopra, it will indeed be a tough encounter.

And, as we follow this match, there is another Indian match that has just started.

Reddy and Chopra vs Chan and Goh of Malaysia

Reddy and Chopra are trailing 2-4

FINALLY ONE OF THE TEAMS CRACK AND IT HAPPENS TO BE THE INDIANS!!!!!

THE FIRST GAME GOES TO THE THAI PAIR AT 27-25

THIS IS ONE CRACKER OF A CONTEST!!!!

25-25

AND IT IS 24-24

NONE WANTS TO LOSE THIS GAME!!!!

And it is now the turn of the Indians to SAVE THE GAME POINT!

IT IS 23-23

The Thais have a THIRD game point

23-22

IT IS 22-22

AND IT IS SAVED TOO!

WHAT A FINISH TO THIS GAME!!

SECOND GAME POINT FOR THE INDIANS!

WILL THEY BE LUCKY THIS TIME?