Badminton  

Indonesia took a 2-0 lead following Sanjaya and Gideon's 21-19, 19-21,16-21 win at Jakarta on the second day of the ongoing Asian Games

World No 8 Kidambi Srikanth put up a tough fight but went down 21-23, 22-20, 10-21 to lower-ranked Anthony Ginting of Indonesia

Former India coach Vimal Kumar feels that Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy need to have an alternative plan when put under pressure if they want to win medals at the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia.

Nehwal downed 2013 champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-16 21-19 to set up a meeting with Olympic champion and two-time world champion Carolina Marin

Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, who had got a bye in the first round, opened her campaign with an easy 21-14 21-9 win over Indonesia's Fitriani

World No. 11 Prannoy wants to stay away from negativity and is not bothered about "extreme conditions" in Jakarta for Asian Games