Prannoy battled past fifth seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in a 82-minute showdown, clinching a 19-21, 21-17, 21-16 victory. Not to be outdone, Srikanth stunned sixth seed Lu Guang Zu of China with a gritty 23-21, 13-21, 21-11 win to power into the next round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Srikanth qualified for the main draw in the men\u2019s singles section after beating Chinese Taipei shuttlers Kuo Kuan-lin and Huang Yu Kai in the qualifiers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Other Indians in the men's singles, Sathish Karunakaran pulled off a stunning upset, toppling third seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei with a commanding 21-13, 21-14 victory in just 39 minutes. Meanwhile, rising star Ayush Shetty, bouncing back a game down, defeated Canada\u2019s Brian Yang 20-22, 21-10, 21-8 and stormed into the second round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sindhu, however, fell 11-21, 21-14, 15-21 to Nguyen Thuy Linh of Vietnam in the women's singles first round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto registered a 21-18, 15-21, 21-14 win over Indah Cahya Sari Jamil and Adnan Maulana of Indonesia to prevail into the second round.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Unnati Hooda, Akarshi Kashyap and Priyanshu Rajawat will be in action later in the day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier, in the first round matches in the women\u2019s doubles saw Kavipriya Selvam and Simran Singhi lost 21-14, 21-18 against eighth seeds Lin Jhih-Yun and Hsu Yin-Hui of Chinese Taipei. Rashmi Ganesh and Sania Sikkandar also exited the women\u2019s doubles in the first round after going down 21-10, 21-12 against Thailand\u2019s Pichamon Phatcharaphisutsin and Nannapas Sukklad.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Prerana Alvekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande, on the other hand, progressed to the second round in the women\u2019s doubles after beating compatriots Vaishnavi Khadkekar and Alisha Khan 21-19, 19-21, 21-13.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the men\u2019s doubles, Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruban Kumar Rethinasabapathi suffered a first-round exit after losing 21-13, 21-18 to Chinese Taipei\u2019s Chen Zhi-Ray and Lin Yu-Chieh.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Prerana Alvekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande, on the other hand, progressed to the second round in the women\u2019s doubles after beating compatriots Vaishnavi Khadkekar and Alisha Khan 21-19, 19-21, 21-13.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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