November 25, 2015 7:18 PM

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Sindhu, Prannoy, Praneeth sail into pre-quarterfinals of Macau Open

Three Indian shuttlers, including P V Sindhu, have advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament. But it was curtains for Ajay Jayaram in men's singles today. In the event being held at Macau, two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, P V Sindhu, seeded fifth, defeated Kim Hyo Min of Korea 21-13, 22-20 in a women's singles match to set up a clash with the winner of the match between Indonesia's Lindaweni Fanetri and Cheng Chi Ya of Chinese Taipei. In men's singles, Seventh seed H S Prannoy saw off Chinese Taipei's Lin Chia Hsuan 21-19, 21-15 and will meet China's Qiao Bin tomorrow.B Sai Praneeth, seeded 15th, defeated Uzbekistan's Artyom Savatyugin 21-11, 21-8 in another match and will face the winner of the match between Indonesia's Andre Kurniawan Tedjono and Chinese Taipei's Yang Chih Chieh. However, ninth seed Jayaram bowed out losing 11-21, 17-21 to Lin Guipu of China in another men's singles match. 2010 Commonwealth Games champion Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa also continued their rough patch as they lost 16-21, 15-21 to Japanese pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota in women's doubles event.

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