Saarbrücken (Germany). Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Li Yang and Lu Chen of Chinese Taipei to enter the second round of the Hailo Open Super 300 badminton tournament in the men’s doubles tournament here on Wednesday. The Indian pair won the match 19-21, 21-19 21-16. The world number eight pair will next face England’s Rory Eastron and Zach Russ.
Meanwhile, HS Prannoy in men’s singles and MR Arjun-Dhruv Kapila in men’s doubles gave walkovers to their respective rivals in the first round matches. London Olympics bronze medalist Saina Nehwal crashed out in women’s singles after losing 15-21, 8-21 to fourth seed Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand.
In another women’s singles match, Malvika Bansod defeated Spain’s Clara Azurmendi 20-22, 21-12, 21-6 to enter the second round. She will next face seventh seed Christie Gilmour of Scotland. Let us tell you that the pair of Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has recently won the title of French Open. There are a lot of expectations from him in this tournament as well.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : November 03, 2022, 00:35 IST