P.V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth eased into the second round of the $355,000 Singapore Open with straight-game wins over their respective rivals here on Wednesday.
Sindhu, seeded fourth, took just 27 minutes to get the better of Indonesia’s Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky 21-9, 21-7. Sixth seed Saina tamed another Indonesian in Yulia Yosephin Susanto 21-16, 21-11.
Kidambi Srikanth defeated Thailand’s Sitthikom Thammasin 21-17, 21-18 in a 41-minute match.
P. Kashyap scored a 21-19 21-14 win over World No. 28 Rasmus Gemke of Denmark 21-19, 21-14.
Sameer Verma defeated Thailand’s Suppanyu Avihingsanon 21-14, 21-6 while H.S. Prannoy eked out a 11-21, 21-16, 21-18 win over France’s Brice Leverdez.
The results: Men: Sameer Verma bt Suppanyu Avihingsanon (Tha) 21-14, 21-6; H.S Prannoy bt Brice Leverdez (Fra) 11-21, 21-16, 21-18; Kento Momota (Jpn) bt Sai Praneeth 19-21, 21-14, 22-20; P. Kashyap bt Rasmus Gemke (Den) 21-19, 21-14; K. Srikanth bt Sitthikom Thammasain (Tha) 21-17, 21-18.
Doubles: Danny Bawa Chrisnanta & Kean Hean Loh (Sin) bt Manu Attri & B. Sumeeth Reddy 21-13, 21-17.
Women: P.V. Sindhu bt Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky (Ina) 21-9, 21-7; Saina Nehwal bt Yulia Yosephin Susanto 21-16, 21-11; Pornpawee Chochuwong (Tha) bt Mugdha Agrey 21-6, 21-8.
Mixed doubles: Pranaav Jerry Chopra & N. Sikki Reddy bt M.R. Arjun and K. Maneesha 21-18, 21-7; Dechapol Puavaranukroh & Sapsiree Taerattanachai bt Saurabh Sharma & Anoushka Parikh 21-21, 21-12; Lu Ching Yao & Lee Chia Hsin (Tpe) bt Venkat Gaurav Prasad & Juhi Dewangan 21-12, 21-15 .
