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Ishan-Sai men’s doubles pair in second round of Thailand Open, other Indians lost

Young men’s doubles pair of Ishan Bhatnagar and Sai Prateek cruised into the second round of the Thailand Open Super 300 with a straight-game win on a disappointing day for the Indian shuttlers here on Tuesday. The pair of Ishan and Sai defeated American Vinson Chiu and Joshua Yuan 21-18, 21-12 in the first round. The Indian pair will face the winner of the match between Chinese Taipei’s Fang-Chih Li and Fang-Jen Li and Thailand’s Tanadon Punpanich and Wachirawit Sothan in the second round.

The pair of PS Ravikrishna and Shankar Prasad Udayakumar lost 21-16 18-21 10-21 to Chinese Taipei’s Li Jie-Hui and Yang Po-Huan. Women’s doubles pair of Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Trisha Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand Gopichand also suffered a defeat. The third seeded Indian pair lost 9-21 10-21 to Japan’s Rina Miyaura and Ayako Sakuramoto while the newly seeded pair of Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa lost 15-21 18-21 to China’s Tan Ning and Jia Yu Ting. had to face.

Unnati Hooda could not hold on to the first game lead in the qualifiers. He was defeated by local player Pornpicha Choekivong 17-21 23-21 21-16. Kartikeya Gulshan Kumar, Prerna Niluri, Satish Kumar Karunakaran and Kira Mopati were among the Indian players who missed out on a place in the main draw due to defeats.

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