AGENCIES
EL MONTE, US
The Indian badminton contingent continued their good run at the ongoing US Open with six Indians advancing to the next round in their respective events.
In the men's singles event, B Sai Praneeth, Ajay Jayaram, HS Prannoy, Anand Pawar and Pratul Joshi moved to the third round. While the sixth-seeded Praneeth defeated Canada's BR Sankeerth 21-15, 21-7 in 31 minutes, fourth-seeded Ajay Jayaram beat Estonia's Raul Must 21-14, 21-9 in 28 minutes. Praneeth will face Japan's Kazumasa Sakai and Jayaram will meet Portugal's Pedro Martins in the next round.
HS Prannoy, seeded fifth, won comfortably against Ireland's Joshua Magee 21-9, 21-8 in 25 minutes. He will next take on Korea's Lee Hyun il. Anand Pawar and Pratul Joshi further registered a win over Austria's David Obernosterer and Czech Republic's Milan Ludik 21-18, 21-13 in 34 minutes respectively. They will face each other in the third round.
In the women's singles event, Tanvi Lad progressed to the second round, defeating Guatemala's Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor 21-6, 21-9 in 27 minutes. She will next face fifth-seeded Beiwen Zhang from USA.
RMV Gurusaidutt, however, ended his campaign after getting defeated by Sakai in the second round, while Ruthvika Shivani Gadde made a first-round exit after losing to Japan's Ayumi Mine 21-19, 15-21, 21-18.
