In women’s singles, Anmol Kharb showed a lot of heart to challenge former world champion Nozomi Okuhara before going down 21-16, 14-21, 11-21 in 56 minutes

Sindhu registered a hard-fought 22-20, 21-18 win over Japan’s Manami Suizu while former World No. 1 Srikanth, currently ranked 33rd in the world, beat world No. 22 Koki Watanabe of Japan 21-15, 21-23, 24-22