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After a victorious start to their Uber Cup Campaign, the Indian women’s Badminton team led by PV Sindhu takes on USA in their second group match. India defeated Canada 4-1 in their first match on Sunday and will look to continue their winning momentum against USA. Meanwhile, USA faced 0-5 defeat against Korea in their previous match.
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First Singles: PV Sindhu vs Jennie Gai
World No.7 PV Sindhu will face 95th ranked Jennie Gai in the first match of the day. Sindhu, who defeated Michelle Li in straight sets in her previous game will be the overwhelming favourite in this contest.
Meanwhile, Jennie Gai will be playing her first match in singles as she featured in the doubles in USA’s previous match. Gai’s best performance is a quarterfinal appearance at Ukraine Open earlier this year.
First Doubles: Crasto – Jolly vs Corbett – Lee
Tanisha Crasto and Treesa Jolly, who partnered together for the first time this year started the Uber Cup campaign on a positive note by winning against Canada’s Catherine Choi and Josephine Wu in straight sets. The Indian duo will look to continue their good form when they face America’s Francesca Corbett and Allison Lee. Corbett and Lee faced straight set defeat in their previous encounter against Korea and once again they will be up for a tough challenge from the Indians.
Second Singles: Aakarshi Kashyap vs Esther Shi
Aakarshi Kashyap clinched a come-from-behind victory against Canada’s Wen Yu Zhang in her opening round contest after losing the first set. She will now take on USA’s Esther Shi, who is ranked 202 in the world and enters the contest as a overwhelming favourite.
Esther Shi finished as a semifinalist at Estonian International in January this year and then made a quarter-final appearance in the Swedish Open. She faced Korea’s Sim Yu Jin in the previous match and faced a straight set defeat.
Second Doubles: Singhi – Thaker vs Lam – Lee
Simran Singhi, who partnered Shruti Mishra against Canada will reunite with her partner Ritika Thaker against USA. Maharashtra duo Ritika and Simran, who were not originally part of the Indian squad were named as replacement to Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy. They will now take on Lauren Lam and Kodi Tang Lee. The duo will partner for the first time in the tournament.
For USA, Lauren Lam played the singles in the previous match against Korea, while Kodi Tang Lee didn’t feature in the playing squad in the last game.
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Third Singles: Ashmitha Chaliha vs Natalie Chi
Ashmitha Chaliha, who won her previous game in three sets will take on Natalie Chi, who is ranked way below 500 in the BWF rankings. Chi enters the contest after facing a 21-19, 21-9 defeat against Seo Jin Lee in her previous game.
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Where to watch Thomas & Uber Cup LIVE streaming?
Reliance Viacom’s new sports channel Sports 18 will be the official broadcasters of Thomas & Uber Cup 2022. Fans in India can also watch the tournament LIVE on Voot Select. The LIVE streaming is also expected to be available on BWF’s official YouTube Channel, BWF TV.
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