The world number 32 mixed doubles pair took just over an hour to remove American duo of Presley Smith and Jennie Gai, 145th in the world badminton rankings, 23-21, 17-21, 21-17
Kidambi, 31, had not featured in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) tour circuit since his injury during the Singapore Open back in May. Now, as per Olympics.com, he returned as a sixth-seed for the BWF Super 300 event. He defeated Daniil Dubovenko by 21-14, 21-15.
Rajawat, a part of India's historic Thomas Cup winning team back in 2022, succumbed to Japan's Takuma Obayashi 9-21, 21-16, 9-21. On the other hand, Kiran lost to Chinese Taipei's Su Li Yang 16-21, 16-21 in two straight games, as per Olympics.com.
Indian badminton players Priyanshu Rajawat and Lakshya Sen advanced to the second round of the Indonesia Open 2024 BWF Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta on Tuesday.
Indian shuttler and two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinal round of the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament on Wednesday
Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto entered the Women's Doubles Final at the ongoing Odisha Masters 2023 here at the JN Indoor Stadium. In another important match, Nozomi Okuhara secured her place in the Women's singles final
The action continued on the fourth day of the Odisha Masters 2023 where Tanisha-Dhruv, Unnati Hooda, Kiran George and Ashwini-Tanisha registered wins and advanced to the Semifinals round here at the JN Indoor Stadium
In the men's singles competition, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the competition in the round of 16 stage. He lost to Japan's Kodai Naraoka 14-21, 22-20, 9-21
Indian badminton players N Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor won both their mixed doubles matches in Group C to make their way into the round of 32 of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 on Tuesday.