The Indian troika of Kiran George, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam and Mithun Manjunath progressed to the lads’s singles pre-quarterfinals after contrasting wins within the second spherical of the Orleans Masters Super 100 badminton event.
While George surprised Netherland’s third seed Mark Caljouw 19-21 21-16 23-21, qualifier Meiraba removed eighth seed Toby Penty of England 21-16 21-16 and Manjunath prevailed over compatriot Siddharth Pratap Singh 21-14 21-10 in one other second spherical match.
George, who had gained the Odisha Super 100 occasion in January, will face Indonesian qualifier Christian Adinata, Meiraba meets Hong Kong’s Chan Yin Chak and Manjunath takes on second seeded Dane Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus subsequent. Ashwini Bhat Okay and Shikha Gautam eked out a 21-23 21-12 21-10 win over Danish pairing of Amalie Schulz and Christine Busch to arrange a battle towards French duo of Flavie Vallet and Emilie Vercelot.
Men’s doubles pair of PS Ravikrishna and Sankar Prasad Udayakumar additionally made it to the pre-quarterfinals with a 19-21 21-11 21-12 win over German pairing of Marvin Datko and Patrick Scheiel. Among others, prime seed B Sai Praneeth and ladies’s singles gamers Anupama Upadhyaya and Ira Sharma additionally entered the third spherical on Wednesday evening.
Mixed doubles pairing of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto, seeded seventh, additionally crossed the opening spherical hurdle.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
