HS Prannoy advances to Round of 16 in Australian Open

NEW DELHI: HS Prannoy, India's world No. 10 shuttler, advanced to the round of 16 at the Australian Open Super 500 tournament in Sydney on Wednesday by defeating his Brazilian opponent Ygor Coelho in straight sets, 21-10, 23-21.
Coelho put up a strong fight in the second set, but Prannoy managed to secure the victory.
In mixed doubles, the Indian husband-wife duo of B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy emerged victorious against Malaysia's Wong Tien Ci and Lim Chiew Sien, winning 21-17, 21-19.
However, several Indian players faced defeats in their respective matches. Raghu Mariswamy was overwhelmed by the 13th ranked Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, losing 21-6, 21-8 in just 24 minutes.
S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian lost to Malaysia's Jia Zii Lee in three sets, 21-16, 18-21, 21-10. Abhishek Yeligar was defeated by Israel's Misha Zilberman 21-9, 21-15, while Ravi lost to Chun-Yi Lin of Chinese Taipei 21-6, 21-13. Mithun Manjunath was beaten by Indonesia's Alwi Farhan 21-17, 21-17.
On a positive note, Sameer Verma dominated his match against Australia's Ricky Tang, winning 21-10, 21-10, and Kiran George defeated Canada's Sheng Xiaodong 21-17, 21-10.
In women's singles, 41st ranked Aakarshi Kashyap of India had an easy win against Ukraine's Polina Buhrova, prevailing 21-14, 21-11.
Samiya Imad Farooqui lost a close match to Chinese Taipei's Po Yu Pai 23-21, 13-21, 22-24, while Anupama Upadhyaya defeated Malaysia's Wong Ling Ching 21-14, 23-21. Malvika Bansod had a dominant performance against fellow Indian Keyura Mopati, winning 21-10, 21-8.
In men's doubles, India's Rajan Abhimanyu and Aman Nandal conceded a walkover to the Australian pair of Aneesh Nirmal and Sam Stephen Emmanuel.
In mixed doubles, Kona Tarun and Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli lost to the Malaysian duo of Cheng Su Yin and Hoo Pang Ron 6-21, 11-21, while Ayush Raj Gupta and Sruti Swain were defeated by the Australian pair of Jordan Yang and Sydney Tjonadi 16-21, 10-21.
(With PTI inputs)