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Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Kidambi Srikanth cruised into the second spherical of the Thailand Open Super 1000 badminton match on Wednesday.
Saina registered a 21-15, 21-15 win over Malaysia’s Kisona Selvaduray whereas Srikanth beat compatriot Sourabh Verma 21-12, 21-11.
In a match that lasted 36 minutes, Saina was dominant all through and can now face Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan.
The match was a stage contest within the early exchanges however after 4-4, Saina pulled away. Her opponent saved a few recreation factors however Saina completed the primary recreation off in 17 minutes. She then raced to a 11-5 lead within the second recreation and, finally, noticed it by means of to the tip.
Srikanth will now face both compatriot H.S. Prannoy or Malaysian Lee Zii Jia, who play their first spherical fixtures in a while Wednesday.
Star males’s doubles pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy fought again to beat their South Korean opponents Kim Gi Jung and Lee Yong Dae 19-21, 21-16, 21-14 in a first-round match that lasted one hour and eight minutes.
Parupalli Kashyap exited from the match after he retired within the third recreation of his first-round conflict in opposition to Canada’s Jason Anthony Ho-Shue owing to a calf harm.
After dropping the primary recreation 9-21, Kashyap made a comeback within the second recreation to clinch it 21-13. The third recreation noticed Ho-Shue lead 14-8, however the Indian determined to retire and in consequence, the Canadian progressed to the second spherical.
MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila narrowly misplaced their males’s doubles opening spherical contest 21-13, 8-21, 22-24 to Malaysian pair Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee.
Mixed doubles pair Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy bowed out after dropping 20-22, 17-21 to Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet of their first spherical conflict.
On Tuesday, in a dramatic flip of occasions, Saina Nehwal, Kashyap, and Prannoy had been cleared to compete within the match, simply hours after they had been compelled to withdraw from the occasion.
Saina and Prannoy had been compelled to withdraw from the match after they examined optimistic for Covid-19. Kashyap, the husband of Saina, additionally needed to withdraw as he was sharing a room together with his spouse and was requested to self-quarantine.
