In the Australian Open BWF Super 500 badminton tournament in Sydney, India’s ace shuttler, HS Prannoy today beat world No. 49 Ygor Coelho of Brazil 21-10, 23-21 to move the second round of the Men’s singles. With this win world No. 10, Prannoy, will now clash with world No. 53 Misha Zilberman of Israel in round of 16. Zilberman had earlier defeated Abhishek Yeligar of India 21-9, 21-15.
Meanwhile, Kiran George has defeated Xiaodong Sheng of Canada 21-17, 21-10 in the opening round and will face seventh seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in the next match. Mithun Manjunath, however, lost to Alwi Farhan of Indonesia in the first-round encounter 21-17, 21-17.
In the women’s singles, eighth-seeded Aakarshi Kashyap beat Polina Buhrova of Ukraine 21-14, 21-11 in the first round. Aakarshi will take on Kai Qi Teoh of Australia in the second round. Meanwhile, Malvika Bansod has defeated compatriot Keyura Mopati 21-10, 21-8. She will now face seventh-seeded Ester Tri Wardoyo of Indonesia.
In another match, Anupama Upadhyaya beat Wong Ling Chong of Malaysia 21-14, 23-21 in 47 minutes. She will take on sixth seed Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in the round of 16.
In the mixed doubles category, B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy also advanced to the second round after beating the Malaysian pair of Wong Tien Ci and Lim Chiew Sien 21-17, 21-19 in 39 minutes. They will be up against Kai Chen Teoh and Kai Qi Teoh of Australia in the round of 16.
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