Top shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth registered easy victories but Kiran George defeated HS Prannoy in the second round of the Orleans Masters Super 100 tournament in Paris on Wednesday. Fourth seeded Saina, who is keenly scoring points for her fourth Olympics, defeated Rachel Darragh of Ireland 21-9, 21-5, 21-9 21- in the women’s singles first round match. Beat Marie by 5 and gave a tough fight to Marie Batomene of France. 65th in the world. The London Olympic bronze medalist crashed out of the opening round of the All England Open Championship last week after suffering a thigh injury.
Top Indian men’s shuttler Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round by beating compatriot Ajay Jayaram 21-15, 21-15, 21-15 21-10 in the number one position.
He will next meet Chaim Jun Wei of Malaysia, who is ranked 79th in the world. In the first round, Srikanth got a bye while Ajay won 19-21 23-21 21-16 over fellow Indian Alap Mishra.
The 21-year-old Kiran, who had beaten All England semifinalist Mark Kaljov of the Netherlands 13-21, 21-18 22-20 in his first round match, recorded yet another stunning win as he played the former top 10 player Prannoy was defeated 13-21 21. 23-21 match in 16 minutes.
The world number 112 will next face Brice Leverage of France on Thursday.
Chirag Sen also defeated Chico Abha Davardio of Indonesia 21-13 21-12 to advance to the third round. He will take on Denmark’s third seed Hans-Christian Solberg against Witterschas.
In the women’s singles, Ira Sharma, who was promoted to the main draw by the women’s singles qualification, defeated France’s Leonis Huet 12-21 21-14 21-17 and will take on Maria Mitsova of Bulgaria.
Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap crashed out after losing 7-21 17-21 to Toma Jr. Popov of France, while Denmark’s Detlev Jagger Hole won India’s BM Rahul Bhardwaj with a 21-15-19-19 victory. Ended the campaign of
The mixed doubles pair of Pranav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy defeated Austrian Dominic Stipsitz and Serena Ow Yong 21-7 21-18. The Indian pair will next meet Denmark’s Nickless Nohr and Amy Magellund.
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Ashwini Ponnappa teamed up with Dhruv Kapila to beat the pair of Ilyan Stoyanov and Histromira Popovska 21-8 21-12. The Indian pair will take on England’s Callum Hemming and Victoria Williams on Thursday.
In other results, Mithun Manjunath defeated France’s Lucas Clairbout 21-14 21-10 but Subhankar Dey defeated Ditlev Jager Holm of Denmark 17-21 13-21 in the opening round on Tuesday.
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