Indian shuttlers advanced to the men's singles second round of the Korea Open in what turned out to be a mixed day for India at the USD 600,000 Super Series badminton tournament here yesterday
Ajay Jayaram
Ajay Jayaram
Seoul (Korea): Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and B Sai Praneeth advanced to the men's singles second round of the Korea Open in what turned out to be a mixed day for India at the USD 600,000 Super Series badminton tournament here yesterday.
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While Jayaram and Praneeth crossed the opening hurdle, K Srikanth, P Kashyap, HS Prannoy and Tanvi Lad fought equally hard in grueling three-set games before bowing out of the tournament here.
Jayaram won 23-21, 21-18 against Korea's Jeon Hyeok Jin. The Mumbai shuttler will next face China's Huang Yuxiang. Praneeth too edged out Chinese Taipei's Hsu Jen-hao 21-13, 12-21, 21-15 in another match that last over an hour. He will next take on Korea's Son Wan Ho, seeded sixth.
However, Srikanth, seeded 8th, suffered a narrow 10-21, 24-22, 17-21 defeat against Wong Wing Ki Vincent of Hong Kong. Kashyap lost 22-20, 10-21, 13-21 to fourth seeded Chinese Tian Houwei, who had finished as runners-up at All England Championship.
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