Beatriz Corrales became the first big name to fall in the $120,000 Syed Modi International India Masters badminton tournament even as most of the seeded players advanced to the quarterfinals with ease.
The fifth seed Spaniard went down to unseeded Arundhati Pantawane 22-20, 22-20 to crash out in the second round on Thursday. Second seed and World Champion Carolina Marin too struggled, dropping a game before getting past unseeded Tanvi Lad 21-23, 21-19, 21-6.
Among the men, seventh seed Sourabh Varma was upset by 10th seeded Zi Liang Derek Wong of Singapore 16-21, 21-17, 21-16 while the other top seven seeds advanced to the last-eight stage.
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Meanwhile, the big Indian names registered easy win as Saina Nehwal — who rose to third in the world in the latest BWF rankings released on Thursday — P.V. Sindhu, P. Kashyap and K. Srikanth wrapped up their games easily.
The results:
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Doubles: Second round: 1-Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen (DEN) bt Alwin Francis & Arun Vishnu 21-14, 21-13; Arun George & T. Hema Nagendra Babu bt Saurav Kapoor & Deepak Khatri 19-21, 21-8, 21-16; Puavaranukroh Dechapol & Ketlen Kittinupong (THA) bt 3-Danny Bawa Chrisnanta & Chayut Triyachart (SIN) w/o; K. Nandagopal & Arjun Kumar Reddy Malgari bt Ankit Chhikara & Kamaldeep Singh 21-13, 21-15; 6-Pranaav Chopra & Akshay Dewalkar bt M. Anilkumar Raju & Gaurav Venkat 21-14, 21-14; 4-Vladimir Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov (RUS) bt G. Gopi Raju & Shivam Sharma 21-12, 21-13; 5-Manu Attri & B. Sumeeth Reddy bt Kona Tarun & Santosh Ravuri 21-14, 21-14; 2-Mads Conrad-Petersen & Mads Pieler Kolding (DEN) bt Yonathan Suryatama Dasuki & Didit Juang (MAS) 21-11, 21-12.
Women: Second round: Arundhati Pantawane bt 5-Beatriz Corrales (ESP) 22-20, 22-20; 4-Nichaon Jindapon (THA) bt Li Lian Yang (MAS) 21-10, 21-11; 6-Porntip Buranaprasertsuk (THA) bt Chiew Sien Lim (MAS) 21-9, 21-13; Chochuwong Pornpawee (THA) bt Rasika Raje 21-7, 21-12; 8-P.C. Thulasi bt Evgenia Dimova (RUS) 21-7, 21-15; 2-Carolina Marin (ESP) bt Tanvi Lad 21-23, 21-19, 21-6; 1-Saina Nehwal bt Rituparna Das 21-15, 21-9, 3-P.V. Sindhu bt Jiayuan Chen (SIN) 21-18, 21-14.
Doubles: 3-Puttita Supajirakul & Sapsiree Taerattanachai (THA) bt Daksha Gautam & Rachita Sahdev 21-3, 21-5; 1-Vivian Kah Mun Hoo & Khe Wei Woon (MAS) bt Parssa Naqvi & Saruni Sharma 21-7, 21-10; Yu Yan Vanessa Neo & Shinta Mulia Sari (SIN) bt Teenu Dahiya & Meenu Singh 21-2, 21-6; 4-Amelia Alicia Anscelly & Fie Cho Soong (MAS) bt D. Sudha Kalyani & Riya Mukherjee 21-10, 21-7; Yin Loo Lim & Meng Yean Lee (MAS) bt Lalita Dahiya & Seema Panchal 21-1, 21-5; Jamuna Rani Rachapalli & Leela Lakshmi Rachapalli bt Pragya Rai & Vaddepally Pramada 21-13, 21-12; 2-Jwala Gutta & Ashwini Ponnappa bt J. Meghana & K. Maneesha 21-15, 21-11; Sanyogita Ghorpade & Arathi Sara Sunil w/o.
Mixed doubles: Second round: 1-Riky Widianto & Puspita Richi Dili (INA) bt Kashish Sharma & Ritu Vinayak 21-3, 21-4; 8-Wong Fai Yin & Mei Kuan Chow (MAS) bt Singh Vinay Kumar & Riya Mukherjee 21-19, 21-9; 4-Peng Soon Chan & Pei Jing Lai (MAS) bt Utkarsh Arora & Mohita Sahdev 21-12, 21-8; 3-Evgenij Dremin & Evgenia Dimova (RUS) bt Vladimir Ivanov (RUS) & Ashwini Ponnappa 21-18, 21-18; 7-Aik Quan Tan & Meng Yean Lee (MAS) bt Sanyam Shukla & Sanyogita Ghorpade 21-10, 21-19; Chayut Triyachart & Shinta Mulia Sari (SIN) bt K. Ajay Kumar & Smriti Nagarkoti 21-9, 21-10; V. Gangadhara Rao & D. Sudha Kalyani bt Gaurav Malhan & Meenu Singh 21-6, 21-8; Manu Attri & K. Maneesha bt 2-Danny Bawa Chrisnanta & Yu Yan Vanessa Neo (SIN) 23-21, 21-19.