P.V. Sindhu and Sameer Verma notched up contrasting wins on Wednesday to progress to the second round of the Hong Kong Open World Tour Super 500 tournament, here.
Sindhu, seeded third, recovered from a mid-game slump to surpass Thailand’s Nitchaon Jindapol 21-15, 13-21, 21-17 in the opening round which lasted a little over an hour.
In the men’s singles, Sameer saw off another Thai Suppanyu Avihingsanon 21-17, 21-14 to set up a clash with China’s Olympic champion Chen Long.
However, former Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth was stunned by Khosit Phetpradab of Thailand in a 62-minute opener. Praneeth had went down fighting 21-16, 11-21, 15-21 to bow out of the tournament.
