Rising Indian shuttlers Sai Praneeth, P C Thulasi and Arundhati Pantawane reached the second stage of the qualifying round at Singapore Super Series.Sai Praneeth beat Muhammad Hafiz Hashim of Malaysia by 21-13 21-15 in the opening round of men's singles qualifier. The 20-year-old Praneeth will next take on the winner between Indonesia's Wisnu Yuli Prasetyo and Japan'sRiichi Takeshita. In women's singles qualifiers, Arundhati Pantawane thrashed Russian Anna Astrakhantseva by 21-5, 21-10 , while Thulasi went past Vietnam's Thi Trang Vu 21-18 21-17 . Arundhati will next face local player Xiaoyu Liang and Thulasi will take on the winner of Chochuwong Pornpawee and Stefani Stoeva of Bulgaria. New Indian pair of Jwala Gutta and Prajakta Sawant lostto Singaporean combo of Wei Han Tan and Dellis Yuliana by 22-20 21-12 in a 27-minute contest.Prajakta, who plays with Mohd Razif Abdul Latif of Malaysia in the mixed doubles category, lost 16-21 20-22 toSingaporean combo of Zhao Jiang Terry Yeo and Lei Yao.
News On AIR | June 18, 2013 2:32 PM