Sydney May 10 (IANS) India s B. Sai Praneeth defeated Maulana Panji Ahmad of Indonesia in straight games in a one-sided men s singles clash at the Australian Open badminton tournament here on Thursday.
The second seeded Indian needed just 32 minutes to chalk up a comfortable 21-12 21-14 victory against his unseeded opponent from Indonesia.
This was the second win on the trot for Praneeth in this tournament.
In another men s singles match on the day India s Sameer Verma defeated Takuma Ueda of Japan in straight games.
The fourth seeded Indian beat the unseeded Japanese 21-16 21-12 in 37 minutes.
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