The second day of the BWF World championships in Copenhagen saw mixed fortunes for India as Lakshya Sen and H S Prannoy were at their fluent best but PV Sindhu made another early exit. Lakshya thrashed Jeon Hyeok Jin of South Korea 21-11, 21-12, while Prannoy won 21-9, 21-14 against Indonesia's C A Dwi Wardoyo in the second round. Sindhu squandered a 9-0 lea d in the second game to lose 14-21, 14-21 to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.
Sindhu got a bye in the first round and the match between the two former world champions was lop-sided. Okuhara, struggling to revive her career slowed down by injuries, looked very much like the 2018 world champion as she demolished Sindhu in 44 minutes. The sting was missing from Sindhu's attack and she looked lost at the net. "These kind of losses make you feel bad... It is important to go back and prepare well for the next championship," Sindhu said.
