First Round of India Open 2015 provided upset by Sameer Verma as top seed Saina eying No. 1 Rank, 2nd seed Srikanth, defending and two time champion P Kashyap, HS Prannoy and Gurusaidutt proceeded to next round with other Indians. In Mixed Doubles, Indian pairs failed to register any win. None of the Indian Women’s pair including Jwala/Ashwini could win against international opponents. Even in Men’s Doubles the two teams qualified to next round only after defeating other Indian pairs.
First Round Results for Indians: Won
Men’s Singles
- Sameer Verma def 5th seed Danish Hans-Kristian Vittinghus 21-15, 21-17
Gurusaidutt defeated Korean Dong Keun 21-14 17-21 23-21.
HS Prannoy def Misha (Israel) 22-20 21-8.
P Kashyap def HSU Jen Hao (Taipei) 16-21 21-19 21-18
2nd seed Srikanth def Tanongsak SAENSOMBOONSUK (Thailand) 21-17 21-16
Women’s Singles
- Saina Nehwal (1) def Riya Mukherjee 21-5, 21-13
Shivani Ruthvika Gadde def Rucha 21-7, 21-8
Riya Pillai def Ekta Kalia 23-21, 21-15
Men’s Doubles
- Alwin Francis/Arun Vishnu def Guru Prasad/Sanjeeth (India) 21-7 21-14
Tarun Kona/Santosh Ravuri def Utkarsh/Abhinav (India) 21-14 21-14
Women’s Doubles
- Kuhoo Garg/Hazarika def Poornima/Nagarkoti (India) 21-11 21-10
Results for Indians: Lost
Men’s Singles
- Ajay Jayaram lost to Yun Hu (Hong Kong) 15-21 21-9 21-15
Anand Pawar lost to LIN Yu Hsien (Taipei) 15-21 21-17 21-5
Viktor AXELSEN (6th seed Danish) def B. Sai Praneeth 21-4 21-18
Women’s Singles
- Sayali Gokhale lost 21-16 20-22 21-16 to Japanese Hashimototh
Shruti Mundada lost 21-9, 26-24 to Adrianti (Indonesia)
PC Thulasi lost 21-16, 21-15 to Chinese Yao Xue
Kuhoo Garg lost 21-7, 21-7 to 5th seed Japanese Mitani Minatsu
Saili Rane lost 21-9, 21-11 to 3rd seed Ratchanok (Indonesia)
Tanvi Lad lost to Hsu Ya Ching (Taipei) 21-9, 21-18
Neha Pandit lost to 2nd seed Spaniard Carolina Mann 21-7, 21-8
Mudra DHAINJE lost to Chi Ya (Taipei) 21-19 21-14
Men’s Doubles
- Kamaldeep Singh/Neeraj Vashist lost 21-5, 21-9 to Danish pair
Shlok RAMCHANDRAN/ Sanyam SHUKLA lost to top seed Danish pair 21-16, 21-10
Ankit/Deepak lost 21-12, 21-12 against Chinese pair.
Arjun/Hema Nagendra lost 21-18, 21-18 to Indonesian pair.
Anilkumar/Gaurav lost 21-9, 21-8 to 5th seed Japanese pair.
Talar Laa/Sahil Sipani lost 21-9, 21-5 to Thai pair.
Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Akshay Dewalkar lost 21-15, 21-9 to 3rd seed Chinese pair.
Arun George/Nandagopal lost 21-17, 21-11 to Chinese pair
Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy lost 21-15, 21-11 to 2nd seed Japanese Pair.
Women’s Doubles
- Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa lost 21-16 21-18 to 6th seed Chinese pair
Dhanya Nair/Mohita Sahdev lost 21-6, 21-13 to German Johanna/Carla
Meghana/Maneesha lost to Hong Kong pair 21-11, 21-17
Pradnya Gadre/Sikki Reddy lost 21-13, 21-13 to Korean pair.
Shruti Mundada/Riya Pillai lost to 4th seed Japanese pair.
Lalita/Jyoti lost 21-7, 21-6 against Indonesian pair
Nisha/Rachita lost 21-7, 21-8 to Taipei pair.
Mixed Doubles
- Manu Attri/Maneesha lost 21-5, 21-16 to top seed Danish pair.
Gaurav Venkat/Juhi lost 21-10 19-21 21-12 to Hong kong Pair
Rajat/Parssa lost 21-11, 21-8 to USA pair
Babu/Ram lost 21-13 21-16 to 7th seed Indonesian pair
Varun/Rachita lost 21-10 21-13 to Indonesian pair.
Akshay/Pradnya lost 21-18, 21-10 to Korean Pair
Tarun/Sikki lost 21-15 17-21 24-22 to Indonesian pair
Vishnu/Aparna lost 21-15, 21-9 to Taipei pair
Pranaav/Ashwini Ponnappa lost 21-13 20-22 21-19 to 5th seed Danish pair
Rishabh/Mohita lost 21-7, 21-8 to Japanese pair
Kamaldeep/Smriti lost 21/12, 21-5 to 2nd seed Chinese pair
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