Hong Kong Nov 22 (IANS) Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu Saina Nehwal and H.S. Prannoy advanced to the second round while Parupalli Kashyap and the women s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy fell in the opening round of the Hong Kong Open Superseries on Wednesday.
While second seed Sindhu eased past Hong Kong s qualifier Leung Yuet Yee 21-18 21-10 Saina registered a hard-fought 21-19 23-21 win over Denmark s Mette Poulsen.
In the men s singles Prannoy moved into the second round after a 19-21 21-17 21-15 win in an hour and one minute over Hong Kong s Hu Yun.
Kashyap lost 21-15 9-21 20-22 to South Korean Lee Dong Keun in an hour and nine minutes.
Sourabh Verma too exited the competition losing to Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto 15-21 8-21 in 30 minutes.
The women s doubles pair of Ashwini and Sikki fought hard but couldn t prevent China s Huang Dongping and Li Wenmei from advancing to the next round. The Chinese won 21-11 19-21 21-19 in 55 minutes.
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