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Kidambi Srikanth beat the compatriot HS Prannoy in two hard games played to participate in the second round in the single in the Badminton Swiss Open 300 on Wednesday. The world number 49 Srikanth, which won the 23-21 23-21, was better at crucial points against the world No. 28 in two games, the competition lasted 48 minutes. Srikanth now benefits from a record of 7-3 face to face against Prannoy in international competitions. In another single male match, the world number 64 Shankar Subramanian beat Magnus Joahnnsen 21-5 21-16 in just 38 minutes.
In another case from all of India to St Jakobshalle Indoor Arena, Isharani Barua, ranked 78th in the BWF list, upset his Indian compatriots Aakarshi Kashyap in a women’s match in the first round that lasted 68 minutes.
Isharani won 18-21 21-17 22-20 to participate in the second round of the USD 250,000 event.
However, some of the other Fray Indians have lost their respective opening matches.
Malvika Bansod lost her match in single feminine against the number 20 worldwide Michelle Li of Canada 22-20 14-21 19-21. Denmark Christophersen line defeated Rakshitha Ramraj 21-11 21-17.
In simple male, Kenta Nishimoto, the world’s n ° 13 in Japan, beat Ayush Shetty 21-15 21-19.
In the mixed doubles, Asith Surya and Amrutha Pramureshshst lost 10-21 9-21 against Yi Jun Zhu and Chinese China.
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