India’s HS Prannoy faltered within the opening spherical, however compatriots Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal made a formidable begin on the Indonesia Masters Super 500 event, advancing to the second spherical of singles occasions with contrasting wins in Jakarta on Wednesday. World No. 12 Sen, who had a subdued begin to the brand new season with early exits from Malaysia and India within the final two weeks, dished out a superlative efficiency to outwit Japan’s new sensation, Kodai Naraoka, ranked seventh, 21-12 21-11 in his opening match.

London Games bronze medallist Saina, who had reached the second spherical at India Open, eked out a 21-15 17-21 21-15 win over Chinese Taipei’s Pai Yu Po to make it to the pre-quarterfinals.

Seventh seed Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallist, will face Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong subsequent, whereas former world primary Saina takes on Chinese eighth seed Han Yue.

World No. 9 Prannoy suffered a second successive first-round exit, shedding 19-21 10-21 to Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama. He had reached the semifinals of Malaysia Super 1000 however misplaced within the opening spherical of India Open final week.

Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth continued to flatter to deceive as he blew a 18-15 lead and two sport factors within the second sport to lose 10-21 22-24 in 39 minutes.

Priyanshu Rajawat additionally could not prolong his entry into the principle draw, happening 21-18 18-21 18-21 to Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo of Indonesia within the first spherical.

In the ladies’s singles, Malvika Bansod was no match for fifth seeded Thai Ratchanok Intanon as she misplaced 15-21 13-21, whereas Aakarshi Kashyap bowed out after struggling a 17-21 15-21 loss towards Clara Azurmendi of Spain.

The combined doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto additionally could not cross the opening hurdle, shedding 16-21 15-21 to 3rd seed France mixture of Thom Gicquel and Delphine Delrue.

Rohan kapoor and N Sikki Reddy additionally went down 21-12 21-23 16-21 to Indonesia’s Jafar Hidayatullah and Aisyah Salsabila Putri Pranata.

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