Three Indian players have advanced to the second round of the Men's singles in the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament. Ninth seed Jayaram saw off Hong Kong's Tam Chun Hei 21-6, 25-23. He will next take on Lin Guipu of China. Seventh seed Prannoy notched up a 21-15, 16-21, 21-18 win over Indonesia's Sukamta Evert. Prannoy will next take on Chinese Taipei's Lin Chia Hsuan. 15th seed B Sai Praneeth beat Indonesia's Fikri Ihsandi Hadmadi 21-18, 23-21. He will next meet Uzbekistan's Artyom Savatyugin. However, top seed K Srikanth has bowed out in the opening round of the event. World number seven Srikanth lost to Christie Jonatan of Indonesia, ranked 40th in the world, in straight gams 16-21, 21-23. Two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, P V Sindhu, seeded fifth, will open her women's singles campaign against Kim Hyo Min of Korea tomorrow, while women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa, seeded second, will face Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota of Japan.
News On AIR | November 24, 2015 7:56 PM
Jayaram, Prannoy, Praneeth enter second round of Macau Open