Indian shuttlers had a relatively good day today at the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier Badminton tournament at Jakarta. Women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa and the men's team of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy progressed to the second round of the tournament. The star Indian pair of Jwala and Ashwini defeated the Indonesian pair of Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Ribka Sugiarto in a tough three-setter. Jwala and Ashwini fought hard for exactly 39 minutes to register a 21-7, 20-22, 21-10 win over their rivals in the opening round. They will next play the Chinese combination ofYaqiong Huang and Jinhua Tang.It, however, turned out to be an easy outing for the men's doubles duo of Manu and Sumeeth Reddy as they defeated Peter Gabriel Magnaye and Alvin Morada of Philippines 21-13, 21-16 to progress to the second round.However, it was curtains for young Sameer Verma as he crashed out in the opening round of the men's singles event losing to second seed Lee Chong Wei 21-11, 21-13. With Sameer's exit, the Indian challenge came to an end in the men's singles event.
News On AIR | June 1, 2016 8:11 PM
Indonesia Open: Jwala-Ashwini, Manu-Sameer progress; Sameer crashes out