Kidambi Srikanth, Dhruv Kapila-Sikki Reddy enter second round of Indonesia Masters | Badminton News – Times of India

By Adam D Anglo On Nov 17, 2021

BALI: India ace Kidambi Srikanth staved off a stiff challenge from France’s Christo Popov to progress to the men’s singles second round at the Indonesia Masters Super 750 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.
Former world no 1 Srikanth, who had claimed the Indonesia Open Super Series premier in 2017 at Jakarta, saw off world no 71 Christo 21-18 15-21 21-16 in his opening match that lasted an hour and 15 minutes.

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The Indian, currently ranked 15th, is likely to face Indonesia’s sixth seed Jonatan Christie next.
In mixed doubles, the pairing of Dhruv Kapila and N Sikki Reddy notched up a stunning 21-11 22-20 win over second seeds and world no 5 Indonesian duo of Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva Oktavianti to also advance to the second round.

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However, it was curtains for former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap after he went down 10-21 19-21 to Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus.
Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and Lakshya Sen had reached the second round on Tuesday.

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