The Indian pair of Saurav Ghosal and Dipika Pallikal beat Scotland's Lyall Paterson and Claire Kidd 11-4, 11-1 in just thirteen minutes in the opening round of the Chennai Open mixed doubles squash tournament here on Monday.
The two will meet Harinder Pal Sandhu and Joshna Chinappa in the next match.
The results: First round: Doubles: Men's: Jamie Macaulay & Stuart Crawford (Sco) bt Abhishek Pradhan & Balamurgan (Ind) 11-4, 11-5; Harry Leitch & Alan Clyne (Sco) bt Vikas Jangra & Naresh Kumar (Ind) 11-6, 11-3; Chris Small & Lyall Paterson (Sco) bt Ravi Dixit & Ramit Tandon (Ind) 10-11, 11-5, 11-9.
Women's: Anaka Alankamony & Surbhi Misra (Ind) bt Claire Kidd & Alexandra Clark 11-5, 11-5. Mixed: Stuart Crawford & Alexandra Clark (Sco) bt Surbhi Misra & Parthiban (Ind) 11-7, 11-7; Ivan Yuen (Mas) & Samantha Teran (Mex) bt Sandeep Jangra & Anwesha Reddy (Ind) 11-8, 11-9; Harinder Sandhu & Joshna Chinappa (Ind) bt Harry Lietch & Lisa Aitken (Sco) 11-2, 11-10; Chris Simpson & Jenny Duncalf (Eng) bt Gaurav Nandrajog & Aparajitha (Ind) 11-7, 11-10; Saurav Ghosal & Dipika Pallikal (Ind) bt Lyall Paterson & Claire Kidd (Sco) 11-4, 11-1; Alan Clyne & Frania Buchet (Sco) bt Balamurgan & Anaka Alankamony (Ind) 11-4, 11-6.
