India’s HS Prannoy stumbled within the opening spherical however compatriots Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal made spectacular begins on the Indonesia Masters Super 500 event with contrasting wins to enter the second spherical of singles occasions on Wednesday.
World No. 12 Sen, who began the brand new season with fast exits to Malaysia and India within the final two weeks, produced a high-quality efficiency to thrash Japan’s new sensation Kodai Naroka, ranked seventh, 21-12. 21- 11 in his opening match.
London Games bronze-medallist Saina, who reached the second spherical of the India Open, defeated Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po 21-15 17-21 21-15 to enter the pre-quarterfinals.
Seventh seed Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallist, will subsequent face Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong whereas former world primary Saina will face eighth seed Han Yu of China.
World No. 9 Prannoy suffered his second consecutive first spherical defeat, taking place 19-21 10-21 to Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama. He reached the semi-finals of the Malaysia Super 1000 however misplaced within the opening spherical of the India Open final week.
Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth squandered an 18-15 lead and two sport factors within the second sport to go down 10-21 22-24 in 39 minutes.
Priyanshu Rajawat additionally didn’t enter the principle draw after taking place 21-18 18-21 18-21 to Chiko Ora Dwi Wardoyo of Indonesia within the first spherical.
In girls’s singles, Malvika Bansod couldn’t discover any match towards fifth seed Thai Ratchanok Intanon as she went down 15-21 13-21, whereas Akarshi Kashyap crashed out after dropping 17-21 15-21 to Spain’s Clara Azurmendi.
The blended doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto too couldn’t cross the preliminary hurdle, taking place 16-21 15-21 to 3rd seeds Thom Giquel and Delphine Delrue of France.
Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy additionally misplaced 21-12 21-23 16-21 to Indonesia’s Zafar Hidayatullah and Asiyah Salsabila Putri Pranata.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
