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Sai Praneeth, Kiran George in second round of Thailand Open men’s singles

Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Kiran George registered individual victories over their opponents to enter the men’s singles second round of the Thailand Open Super 300 badminton tournament here on Wednesday. Praneeth defeated Mads Christophersen of Denmark 21-13 21-14 in a match that lasted 31 minutes. He will now face Hyeok Jin-jeon of South Korea in the second round. George, on the other hand, faced a tough challenge from Chinese Taipei’s Li Chia Hao but managed to win 21-17 19-21 23-21.

He will now face third seed Cheuk Yiu Lee of Hong Kong in the second round. But Sameer Verma, Priyanshu Rajawat and Mithun Manjunath faced defeat in their first round matches. In women’s singles, Asmita Chaliha defeated compatriot Anupama Upadhyay 21-16 21-19 to set up a second round clash with Denmark’s sixth seed Line Hojmark Jaarsfeld. The pair of Simran Singhi and Ritika Thakar were defeated in the women’s doubles. In mixed doubles, Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy defeated TIE Alexander Lindemann and Josephine Wu 21-11 21-16. But the pair of B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa lost their first round match.

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