Wednesday, March 25, 2009

India make flying start in Indian Open

Hyderabad, Mar 24 (PTI) Indian shuttlers had a good day in office with as many as four reaching the main draw of women's singles after winning their respective qualifying round matches in the Yonex Sunrise Indian Open, here today.

Aparna Balan, Ashwini Ponnappa, Arundhati Pantawane and Chitralekha progressed to the main draw.

Balan beat Mohita Sachdev 21-11, 21-14 in just 20 minutes in the first round of qualifiers and then edged past PV Sindhu 21-16, 15-21, 21-18.

Ponnappa defeated Bibar Basumatari 21-14, 21-11 before accounting for Anuradha Shrikhande 21-17, 21-17 in the second match.

Pantawane defeated Meenakshi Nair 21-13, 21-15 and then made short work of Manisha K 21-5, 21-14 while Chitralekha knocked out Sara Devi Tamang 21-16, 21-11 and then beat Anita Ohlan 21-17, 25-23 to make it to the main draw.

In men's doubles qualifier, Sai Praneeth B and Pranav Chopra, Bennett Anthony and PH Suraj and Jayan James and KS Hersen won their respective matches and alongwith D Guruprasad and Vineeth Manuel, who got a walkover, entered the main draw. PTI

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