Orleans Masters | Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer Verma enter round of 16; K Nandagopal wins his doubles match
Indian shuttlers have enjoyed a good day at the office in the Orleans Masters as Parupalli Kashyap and Sameer Verma entered the round of 16 with wins over their respective opponents. In men’s doubles, Kidambi Nandagopal and Francis Alwin, also won the doubles encounter to enter the next round.
Kashyap took on Croatian badminton player Zvonimir Đurkinjak in the round of 32 clash and the game was expected to be a tight encounter. But the Indian star made sure that he didn't have to break a lot of sweat as he won points for fun in both the games. Although the Croatian gave a slight challenge in the first game, he lost it 16-21 to the Indian shuttler. However, in the second game, he couldn’t pose any challenge in front of the Indian as Kashyap conceded only seven points to win the match 21-16, 21-7.
Pretty much like Kashyap, his compatriot Sameer Verma also faced an easy game as he thrashed his Russian opponent Sergey Sirant 21-7, 21-9. Gurusai Dutt also continued his impressive run in the Super 100 event as he ousted his German opponent Kai Schaefer 21-12, 24-22 in a rather challenging encounter.
In the Women’s singles match between Mugdha Agrey and Sri Krishna Priya Kudaravalli, the former emerged victorious with an identical margin of 21-18, 21-18. However, Vaidehi Choudhrai failed to cross past the challenge of China’s Qi Xuefei as she lost the game 19-21, 9-21.
In the men’s doubles event, the Indian pair of Kidambi Nandagopal and Francis Alwin received a huge challenge from the Dane duo of Rasmus Kjaer and Jeppe Bay but at the end, the Indian pair proved to be the superior as they registered a 23-21, 21-14 win. However, another men’s doubles pair of B. Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri gave a walkover to the Malaysian duo of Tang Jie Chen and Pang Ron Hoo.
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