World badminton Championships 2017 Live Score and Updates: Sindhu, Ajay, Praneeth advance to next round

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the women's singles competition after defeating Korea's Kim Hyo Min in the second round of the World Championship in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Sindhu, who twice won bronze medals at the 2013 and 2014 editions, notched up a 21-16 21-14 win over Kim in a 49-minute match, to extend her head-to-head record against the Korean to 4-1 in five meetings.

Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth also made a positive start to his campaign, registering a straight-game win over Hong Kong's Wei Nan to reach the second round of men's singles event.

Praneeth, seeded 15th, fought back from 5-9 and 14-16 in the opening game and then erased a deficit of 10-13 and 15-17 in the second game to eventually see off Wei Nan 21-18 21-17 in a 48-minute match. Ajay Jayaram also win his first round match defeating Luka Wrber 21-14, 21-12.

India's top mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy, seeded 15th, who had won the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold title, defeated Indo-Malaysian combo of Prajakta Sawant and Yogendran Khrishnan 21-12 21-19. 

However, disappointment was at store for India in the other mixed doubles matches as B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Maneesha K suffered contrasting losses to bow out of the event. Ashwini Ponnappa however teamed up with Sikki Reddy to win against Indonesia's Anna Cheong and Ririn Amelia in the women's doubles event.

We will bring you the live score and updates of all the matches here.

'21:35

Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy beat Indonesia's Anna Cheong and Ririn Amelia 21-15, 21-13 to reach second round.  

Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy emerge victorious in their 1st World Championship match together.

Good show from the duo. #2017BWC pic.twitter.com/lUUPxTA7Um

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 22, 2017

'21:20

Ponnappa and Reddy win the opening game 21-15.

21:10

Ponnappa and Reddy leading 11-7 at the break of the first game. 

'21:00

Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy are up against Indonesia's Anna Cheong and Ririn Amelia.

'21:05

India's young doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwik Sairaj lose 8-21, 12-21 against Japan's H Endo and Y Watanabe.

'20:01

Ajay ki Vijay ensures India's singles contingent continue to remain undefeated in #2017BWC

Turning out to be another good day for pic.twitter.com/OBPK2V6YY5

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 22, 2017

'20:00

Ajay Jayaram beats Luka Wrber 21-14, 21-12 to make it the next round.

India maintain their 100% success rate in singles events.

'19:51

Ajay Jayaram leads 11-5 against Luka Wraber at the break of the second game. ​

'19:40

Ajay wins the first game 21-14. ​

'19:32

Ajay is off to a great start. He is leading 11-4 at the break in the opening game.  

'19:26

Another big match for India as Ajay Jayaram now takes on unseeded Luka Wraber. 

'19:25

The Sindhu express has taken off in Glasgow!

The World Number 5 was on song in her first outing at #2017BWC. Comfortable victory pic.twitter.com/joVqFqdxsc

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 22, 2017

'19:22

THAT'S IT!

Sindhu is through to the third round.

PV Sindhu beats Kim Hyo Min of 21-16, 21-14 in her second round match.

'19:19

The lead is 18-12 now. Sindhu is just 4 points away from the third round.​

'19:14

Sindhu is ruthless here. She takes her lead to 15-9 now. A fightback is highly unlikely. 

'19:09

PV Sindhu leads 11-8 at the break. 

'19:06

Sindhu is leading 9-5 in the second game. Can Min make a comeback here? 

'18:53

Sindhu takes the first game 21-16 against Min. She was off to a great start leading 8-0 at one point. The Korean tried to fight her way back in the game but Sindhu maintained her lead. 

'18:47

Sindhu is looking in fine touch here, leads first game 16-10.

'18:41

Min is trying to fight back but it is Sindhu who leads at the break in the opening game 11-5.

'18:38

Sindhu has earned 8 points without dropping one. Min finally manages one point. 8-1 in the opening game. 

'18:33

Sindhu is off to a flying start, up 4-0 in a blink of an eye. Great start.

'18:30

PV Sindu is on the court. We are ready.

'18:20

India's result so far today:

Sai Praneeth beat Wei Nan (Hong Kong)

Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lose to Yilyu Wang and Dongping Huang (China)

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Maneesha K lose to Mathias Christiansen and Sara Thygesen (Denmark)

Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy beat Yogendran Khrishnan (Malayasia) and Prajakta Sawant (India)

India's top ranked mixed doubles pair show their class in the first round itself!

Pranaav Chopra and Sikki Reddy surge ahead. #2017BWC pic.twitter.com/kN8eTLkHF8

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 22, 2017

'17:42

Sai Praneeth defeats Wei Nan of Hong Kong 21-18, 21-17 to enter second round. 

India continue to stay unbeaten in singles.

Sai Praneeth becomes the 5th singles shuttler to enter the next round of #2017BWC pic.twitter.com/uom5usOxmG

— BAI Media (@BAI_Media) August 22, 2017