Badminton Japan Open 2022: Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the men's singles round of 16 at Japan Open badminton tournament on Wednesday. The 2022 Japan Open is taking place at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. The tournament that began from August 30 will culminate on September 4 .

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Check the schedule of the Indian contingent:

Badminton Japan Open 2022 schedule on Day 3

Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka - 1

Starting at 10 am

  • HS Prannoy vs Loh Kean Yew

Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka -4

Not before 12:30 pm

  • Kidambi Srikanth vs Kanta Tsuneyama

Japan Open 2022 Live streaming

Japan Open 2022  will stream on the youtube channel of the Badminton World Federation-- http://bwf.tv, Sports 18, DD sports and Voot will also broadcast the event in India.

Highlights from Day 2

Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the men`s singles round of 16.

Lakshya Sen bowed out of the Japan Open after losing to home favourite Kenta Nishimoto 21-18, 14-21, 13-21 in his first match despite winning the first game.

On the other hand, Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal was also knocked out after losing 9-21, 17-21 to Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, new world champion.

The pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila, who became the first Indian men's doubles pair to make the World Championship quarterfinals last week, were eliminated after a 21-19, 21-23, 15-21 loss to South Korea`s Choi Soi Gyu and Kim Won Ho.

CWG 2022 bronze medal winners Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand too lost 17-21, 18-21 to Thai seventh seeds Jongkolphan Kitittharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai. The mixed doubles pair of Juhi Dewangan and Venkat Gaurav Prasad lost 11-21, 10-21 to Chinese top seed Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong in 23 minutes.