Top Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy entered the second spherical of the India Open with contrasting wins right here on Wednesday.
Former World No. 1 Saina, who missed a number of tournaments final 12 months because of a number of accidents, went into the second spherical after struggling a again harm to her rival Tereza Swabikova of Czech Republic and went 20-22 0-1 within the opening spherical match. Retired halfway whereas lagging behind. ,
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“The quality of some of the points I got today… I hope it helps me in some way tomorrow,” Saina mentioned after the match.
Fourth seed Saina will subsequent tackle compatriot Malvika Bansod, who defeated fellow Indian Samia Imad Farooqui 21-18, 21-9 in one other ladies’s singles match.
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In males’s singles, eighth seed Prannoy, a former world high 10 participant, defeated Spain’s Pablo Abian 21-14, 21-7 and can now face Mithun Manjunath, who received 21-16, 15-21. 21- 10 wins over France’s Arnaud Merkle.
Third seed Sen, who received a World Championships bronze on debut final month, beat Egypt’s Adam Hatem Elgamal 21-15, 21-7 to face Sweden’s Felix Burstedt.
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Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Ashwini Ponnappa and second seed N Sikki Reddy additionally joined compatriots Janani Ananthkumar and Divya R. Balasubramaniam 21-7 19-21 21-13 to enter the second spherical.
Among the opposite Indians, Akarshi Kashyap beat compatriot Anura Prabhudesai 21-14, 21-14, whereas Rahul Yadav Chittaboina acquired a walkover after the withdrawal of Spain’s Luis Enrique Penalvar.
Kashyap will tackle Keura Mopati, who has been promoted from reserve. Mopati defeated fellow Indian Smit Toshniwal 15-21, 21-19 21-8. Rahul will face Nhat Nguyen of Ireland, who defeated Ajay Jayaram 19-21, 21-7, 21-14 in one other males’s singles match.
Tanya Hemant defeated Sai Ujjita Rao Chukka 9-21 21-12 21-19 in one other ladies’s singles match.
PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma had superior to the second spherical on Tuesday.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
