Australian badminton open

Ines Lucia Castillo Salazar: India’s MR Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan cruised into the second round of men’s doubles at the Australian Badminton Open after beating the American duo of Arden Quan Lee and Stanley Xing.

The Indians registered a 21-13, 21-13 win in their opening round match here at Olympic Boulevard.

Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan led the first game from start to end and won it comfortably. The American duo put up a fight early in the second game and went into the break trailing by a single point. After the restart, the Indian duo scored the next 10 points quickly while conceding just two and closed out the match in straight games.