All England Open Badminton Championships 2022: Live updates - Day 2

Get live updates throughout the day from the Thursday's games at the All England Open Badminton Championships 2022, a BWF World Tour Super 1000 event. Refresh the page to see the latest updates.

Jonatan Christie knocks off Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Indonesia's Jonatan Christie defeat Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in just over 45 minutes. Christie took the first game 21-16, and then the second at 21-19.

Christie will face Chou Tien Chen next.

Memota advances to quarterfinal, will face Lee

Japan's Memota Kento advanced to Friday's quarterfinal, where he will face defending All England Open Badminton Champion Lee Zii Jia. Memota defeated South Korea's Heo Kwanghee in straights, 21-16, 21-12.

Lee pushed in first game against Yang

Canadian Brian Yang pushed defending champion Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in their opening game, but Lee eventually broke through, taking the game 26-24. Lee had an easier time in the second game, where he won 21-11 to advance to Friday's quarterfinals.

Anthony Ginting secures comeback win

Better news for Indonesia as Anthony Sinisuka Ginting books his spot in the last eight, where he'll face Olympic champ Viktor Axelsen of Denmark.

The fifth seed was slow out of the blocks and saw India's Kidambi Srikanth dominate the opening game.

Kidambi pressed Ginting all the way in the second and third games, but it's the Indonesian who is victorious, 9-21, 21-18, 21-19 in a difficult comeback win.

Olympic champs Polii and Rahayu retire in second game

Not to be for the women's doubles Olympic champions Greysia Polii and Apriyani Rahayu in their second-round encounter against India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Pullela.

The Indonesians take the first set 21-18, but trailing 19-14 in the second have had to retire due to an injury for Rahayu.

World champs Hoki/Kobayashi pushed all the way by home pair

Wow, Japan's Hoki Takuro and Kobayashi Yugo just came through an almighty scare from England's home men's doubles pairing of Ben Lane and Sean Vendy.

The world champs Hoki and Kobayashi easily took the first game but Lane and Vendy upped their performance in the second to level the match.

It was fitting that the decider went into a tie-break as well, with Hoki and Kobayashi finally triumphing 21-11, 19-21, 24-22.

Takahashi Sayaka shocks PV Sindhu

Unseeded Takahashi Sayaka pulled off an upset when she defeated tournament sixth seed, PV Sindhu to secure her appearance in the quarter-finals.

The Japanese player gained the upper hand by clinching a closely fought opening game. Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu fought back hard with a dominant display in the second game to force a third.

With the match pushing past the 60 minute mark, both players seemed to be struggling physically. Takahashi was able to just stay ahead of a determined Sindhu as she took victory, 21-19, 16-21, 21-17.

Takahashi will next play her compatriot and tournament second seed, Yamaguchi Akane to see who will make the semi-finals.

Olympic champ Viktor Axelsen eases through

No worries for Viktor Axelsen as the Olympic champion eases through in just 37 minutes.

Axelsen defeated Netherlands' Mark Caljouw 21-14, 21-13 – including a string of ten straight points at one stage.

The top seed has a tricky tie next against either Anthony Ginting or Kidambi Srikanth.

Okuhara Nozomi through to the final eight

Defending champion Okuhara Nozomi has secured her place in the quarter-finals after overcoming China's Han Yue in straight games.

The Rio 2016 bronze medallist looked the more comfortable on court as she got off to a better start, edging ahead and then staying in the lead to take the opening game.

Han responded in the second and surged ahead at the start, however Okuhara battled her way back into contention and went on to snatch victory 21-15, 21-18 in 42 minutes.

Okuhara will next face tournament top seed Tai Tzu Ying for a shot at a semi-finals berth.

Lakshya Sen has defeated another Danish giant

Following on from his fine form at the German Open last week where he defeated Viktor Axelsen in the semi-finals, Lakshya Sen has once again knocked out a seeded Danish player, this time tournament third seed, Anders Antonsen.

The match started off with both players evenly matched up until just before the mid-game interval, after which Sen pulled away and claimed the advantage.

The second game saw the players trading points and the lead but eventually it was the 20-year-old Indian who managed to edge ahead to topple the two-time world championship medallist, taking victory 21-16, 21-18.

READ MORE: World badminton medal in pocket, Lakshya Sen targets Paris 2024 Olympics podium

Yamaguchi Akane sinks Saina Nehwal's hopes

Reigning world champion Yamaguchi Akane had to work hard to overcome India's Saina Nehwal.

The Japanese won the opening game but London 2012 bronze medallist Nehwal, fought back in the second game to force a decider. Nehwal seemed to lose her momentum in the third, and trailed for most of the game. Despite clawing back to tie the score towards the latter end, Nehwal could not break Yamaguchi's game as the tournament second seed clinched victory 21-14, 17-21, 21-17.

Tai through after tough test

Busanan Ongbamrungphan tried her best but was unable to stop Chinese Taipei's world number one and top seed Tai Tzu-ying in the women's singles event.

It was a very close-run thing – while Tai did win in straight games, both went down to the wire.

The pair traded the lead in the first game, and while Tai opened up a big lead in the second, Ongbamrungphan pushed the Chinese Taipei athlete to a tie-break.

Tai eventually triumphed 21-19, 22-20.

"Minions" Gideon/Sukamuljo overcome stiff resistance

Indonesia's top-seeded men's doubles "Minions", Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo, have come through a very stern test from unseeded Japanese opponents Koga Akira and Saito Taichi.

The Japanese pair stunned the world number ones by taking the opening game, before Gideon and Sukamuljo found their stride.

It was never comfortable, though, for the Minions, who took an hour and eight minutes to dispatch Koga and Saito 15-21, 21-18, 21-18 in a hard-fought contest.

An reaches quarters in straight games

The morning session got underway in Birmingham with fourth seed An Seyoung of South Korea booking her spot in the women's singles quarter-finals.

Facing Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour, An found herself behind in the first game before she found form to score nine consecutive points.

Gilmour stayed closed to the Korean throughout the match but An eventually triumphed 21-17, 21-16, in 40 minutes.

She faces Canada's Michelle Li or USA's Iris Wang in the last eight.

All England Open Badminton Championships 2022 - Day 2 preview

Thursday 17th March is the second day of action at the All England Open 2022 will see some of the biggest names in badminton back on the court to try and secure their spot in the quarter-finals of the tournament.

This is the first BWF Super 1000 event of badminton's 2022 BWF World Tour, and will culminate with the finals on 20 March at the Arena Birmingham in England.

Reigning men's Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen will take on Mark Caljouw on the second day, while Lee Zii Jia will play Brian Yang.

Tournament women's top seed Tai Tzu Ying is up against Busanan Ongbamrungphan while Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Chen Yu Fei will be up against Julie Dawall Jakobsen.

These are just some of the matches to look forward to and we've got a full preview here of who to watch and how the players are looking ahead of this first top event of the season.

If you missed any of the action from the opening day, be sure to have a read of our highlights from Wednesday.