Fullerton (US), Jun 25 (PTI) World Junior Championship silver-medallist Tanvi Sharma and the seasoned Kidambi Srikanth began their US Open badminton campaign with comfortable wins here.
Tanvi defeated Yvonne Li of Germany 23-21, 21-16 while Devika Sihag, who is the reigning Thailand Masters champion, beat Ines Lucia Castillo of Peru 21-14, 21-14 in the women’s singles first round on Wednesday.
In the first of the two all-Indian men’s clashes, the promising Rounak Chouhan defeated former world junior silver-medallist S Sankar Muthusamy 23-21, 21-16.
Fifth seed Kidambi Srikanth dominated the match against compatriot D Saneeth winning 21-14, 21-12 in just 30 minutes.
Rakshitha Sree also entered the next round with a 21-15, 21-8 victory over Tereza Svabikova of Czech Republic.
India found success in mixed doubles through Dhruv Rawat and K Maneesha, who packed off Indonesia’s Wirawan Ihsan Adam and Serena Kani 21-15, 21-16 in just 26 minutes. PTI UNG PM UNG PM PM
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