Srikanth, Prannoy, Dhruv-Sikki enter second round of Indonesia Masters
The Hindu
However, it was curtains for world no. 16 B. Sai Praneeth and former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap.
Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy notched up contrasting wins to make a positive start to their men's singles campaign at the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
While Srikanth staved off a stiff challenge from world no 71 France's Christo Popov 21-18 15-21 21-16 in an hour and 15 minutes, former world no. 10 Prannoy saw off Malaysia's Liew Daren 22-20 21-19 in the opening round.
Former world no. 1 Srikanth, who had claimed the Indonesia Open Super Series premier in 2017 at Jakarta, will face Indonesia's sixth seed Jonatan Christie next.
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