Seoul Sep 13 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu and Parupalli Kashyap entered the second round while H.S. Prannoy the men s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa -- in both the doubles and mixed doubles -- lost in the Korea Open Superseries badminton championships here on Wednesday.
B. Sai Praneeth Sameer Verma and the men s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also advanced to the second round.
Sourabh Verma lost his first round clash to Japanese Kenta Nishimoto 21-18 13-21 19-21 in an hour and three minutes.
Rio Olympic silver medallist Sindhu opened her campaign by beating Hong Kong s Cheung Ngan Yi 21-13 21-8 in 34 minutes.
Sindhu who finished runner-up in the World Championships last month will meet Thai Nitchaon Jindapol in the second round.
Kashyap defeated Chinese Taipei s Hsu Jen Hao 21-13 21-16 in 35 minutes. The Indian will face South Korean top seed Son Wan Ho in the next round.
Sameer upset Thai eighth seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-13 21-23 21-9 in 54 minutes.
The Satwik-Chirag pair got past Chinese Taipei s Lee Sheng Mu and Lin Chia Yu 21-9 22-24 21-12 in 51 minutes.
The Indian young pair will take on Chinese Taipei seventh seeds Lee Jhe-Huei and Lee Yang on Thursday.
Satwik however suffered a loss in the mixed doubles category. He and Ashwini lost to Hong Kong s Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet 18-21 19-21.
Ashwini suffered another loss in the women s doubles. She and N. Sikki Reddy lost to Malaysians Fie Cho Soong and Jing Yi Tee 21-19 13-21 17-21 in 52 minutes.
Praneeth defeated Chinese Hu Yun 21-15 21-10 in 29 minutes.
Prannoy suffered a 17-21 23-21 14-21 defeat against Hong Kong sixth seed NG Ka Long Angus.
The Manu-Sumeeth pair lost to South Koreans Chung Eui Seok and Kim Duk Young 11-21 10-21 in 25 minutes.
--IANS
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