<p>Ningbo (China): Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made a winning start to the Badminton Asia Championships with a straight-game win over Ester Nurumi Wardoyo of Indonesia in the women's singles while Lakshya Sen made an early exit from the men's singles draw here on Wednesday.</p><p>The 29-year-old world number 17 Sindhu won 21-15, 21-19 in 44 minutes against 19-year-old Wardoyo, ranked 36th.</p>.Rajawat, Muthuswamy enter men's singles second round, Sindhu exits.<p>Sindhu will be up against world number four and third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday.</p><p>Meanwhile, 2021 World Championships bronze medallist Sen dished out a lackluster performance against Lee Chia Hao of Chinese Taipei, a finalist at the All England Championships, to lose 18-21 10-21 in the first round.</p><p>Earlier in the day, HS Prannoy also made an early exit as he lost to Zu Guang Lu of China in the men's singles opening round.</p><p>Prannoy, who hasn't been at his best since suffering a bout of Chikungunya, lost to his Chinese opponent 16-21 21-12 11-21 in a round of 32 match.</p><p>Kiran George, however, made it to the pre-quarterfinals with a 21-16, 21-8 win over Dmitriy Panarin of Kazakhstan in 35 minutes.</p><p>In women's singles, Aakarshi Kashyap, Anupama Upadhyaya, Malvika Bansod lost their respective matches to crash out of the tournament.</p><p>While Aakarshi lost to world number three Han Yue of China 13-21 7-21 in 31 minutes, Anupama was beaten by world number 13 and eighth seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 13-21 14-21.</p><p>Bansod was beaten by Gao Fang Jie of China 14-21 8-21.</p><p>In women's doubles, Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra suffered defeat to Chinese Taipei's Shuo Yun Sung and Chien Hui Yu 11-21 13-21.</p><p>In men's doubles, the unheralded duo of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi beat Sri Lankan pair of Madhuka Dulanjana and Lahiru Weerasinghe 21-3, 21-12 in a round of 32 contest.</p><p>However, the Indian duo of Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K lost to Chinese Taipei pair of Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Wang Chi-Lin 19-21 12-21.</p>
<p>Ningbo (China): Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu made a winning start to the Badminton Asia Championships with a straight-game win over Ester Nurumi Wardoyo of Indonesia in the women's singles while Lakshya Sen made an early exit from the men's singles draw here on Wednesday.</p><p>The 29-year-old world number 17 Sindhu won 21-15, 21-19 in 44 minutes against 19-year-old Wardoyo, ranked 36th.</p>.Rajawat, Muthuswamy enter men's singles second round, Sindhu exits.<p>Sindhu will be up against world number four and third seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals on Thursday.</p><p>Meanwhile, 2021 World Championships bronze medallist Sen dished out a lackluster performance against Lee Chia Hao of Chinese Taipei, a finalist at the All England Championships, to lose 18-21 10-21 in the first round.</p><p>Earlier in the day, HS Prannoy also made an early exit as he lost to Zu Guang Lu of China in the men's singles opening round.</p><p>Prannoy, who hasn't been at his best since suffering a bout of Chikungunya, lost to his Chinese opponent 16-21 21-12 11-21 in a round of 32 match.</p><p>Kiran George, however, made it to the pre-quarterfinals with a 21-16, 21-8 win over Dmitriy Panarin of Kazakhstan in 35 minutes.</p><p>In women's singles, Aakarshi Kashyap, Anupama Upadhyaya, Malvika Bansod lost their respective matches to crash out of the tournament.</p><p>While Aakarshi lost to world number three Han Yue of China 13-21 7-21 in 31 minutes, Anupama was beaten by world number 13 and eighth seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 13-21 14-21.</p><p>Bansod was beaten by Gao Fang Jie of China 14-21 8-21.</p><p>In women's doubles, Priya Konjengbam and Shruti Mishra suffered defeat to Chinese Taipei's Shuo Yun Sung and Chien Hui Yu 11-21 13-21.</p><p>In men's doubles, the unheralded duo of Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi beat Sri Lankan pair of Madhuka Dulanjana and Lahiru Weerasinghe 21-3, 21-12 in a round of 32 contest.</p><p>However, the Indian duo of Pruthvi Krishnamurthy Roy and Sai Pratheek K lost to Chinese Taipei pair of Chiu Hsiang Chieh and Wang Chi-Lin 19-21 12-21.</p>