In a repeat of last week’s China Open Round 1 results, today at Hong Kong Open only Saina Nehwal, Sindh and HS Prannoy entered Round 2. Among the Indian contingent, all the doubles team with Sai Praneeth and Sourabh Verma were knocked out. In Round 2 on Thursday, Saina is set to meet 8th seed Chinese for the first time, while Sindhu leads her opponent 2-0 and Prannoy trails his unseeded opponent 0-2. Check today’s Indian results and tomorrow’s Indian schedule in IST.
Winners of Round 1
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Saina Nehwal def Mette Poulsen (Denmark) 21-19 23-21 in 46 minutes
2nd seed PV Sindhu def Yuet Yee (Hong Kong) 21-18 21-10 in 26 minutes
HS Prannoy def Yun Hu (Hong Kong) 19-21 21-17 21-15 in 1 hour 1 minute
Lost in Round 1
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Kashyap lost vs Dong Keun (Korea) 15-21 21-9 22-20 in 1 hour 9 minutes
Sourabh Verma lost vs Tommy Sugiarto (Indonesia) 21-15 21-8 in 30 minutes
Ashwini Ponnappa / Sikki Reddy lost vs unseeded Chinese Pair 21-11 19-21 21-19 in 55 minutes
Manu Attri / Sumeeth Reddy lost vs Khim (Malaysia) / Seong (Korea) 21-17 21-17 in 35 minutes
Sai Praneeth lost vs 2nd seed Son Wan Ho (Korea) 21-8 21-16 in 35 minutes
Schedule for Round 2
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12.10 p.m. 2nd seed PV Sindhu vs unseeded Aya Ohori (Japan)
4.00 p.m. HS Prannoy vs Sakai Kazumasa (Japan)
6.30 p.m. Saina Nehwal vs 8th seed Yufei Chen (China)
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