Indians make winning start at junior worlds

Pranav Rao Gandham, seventh seed Meiraba Luwang, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, Rohan Gurbani proceeded to the third round of boys’ singles.

Updated on: Oct 07, 2019 10:54 PM IST

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Indian shuttlers made a good start on the opening day of the World Junior Championships in Kazan, Russia, on Monday.

Pranav Rao Gandham, seventh seed Meiraba Luwang, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, Rohan Gurbani proceeded to the third round of boys’ singles. All four had received first round byes and won their respective second round matches in straight games in the draw of 256.

It was a similar story in girls’ singles as Unnati Bisht, Aditi Bhatt, Tasnim Mir and Trisha Hegde also earned straight-game victories to enter the second round in the draw of 128.

But it was end of the road for Mohammed Qadeer Moinuddin and Bokka Navaneeth in men’s doubles. Singapore’s Weng Soong Darrion Michae Ng and Yi Ming Justyn Sim beat the Indian duo 21-18, 16-21, 21-11. htc

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