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Indian shuttlers enter third round of Canada Open

All Indian shuttlers, including Ajay Jayaram and H S Prannoy, entered the third round of the Canada Open badminton tournament, at Calgary in Canada. Top seed Jayaram struggled past Canada's Martin Giuffre 17-21, 21-17, 21-13 in a 54-minute match to set up a fight with Austria's David Obernosterer.Second seed H S Prannoy also made it to the pre-quarters after a hard-fought 13-21, 21-11, 21-15 win over Sweden's Mattias Borg in another men's singles match. He will next take on BR Sankeerth of Canada. Commonwealth Games bronze medallist, RMV Gurusaidutt, fourth seed B Sai Praneeth and Young shuttler Pratul Joshi also registered emphatic wins over their opponents to move into the next round. In women's singles, 2015 National Champion Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Runners-up at 2016 Senior National championship, Tanvi Lad also made it to next round. Among other Indians, mixed doubles pair of Manu Attri and Ashwini Ponnappa and men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, also advanced to the next round.

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