Syed Modi International Tournament 2019: Kidambi Srikanth moves into the 2nd round

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The Indian shuttler’s had a decent outing on the opening day of Super 300 Syed Modi International tournament played at Babu Barnansi das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow on Wednesday.
In the men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth had no problems of defeating Vladmir Malkov of Russia in two straight sets by 21-12, 21-11 to move into 2nd round. The Indian played with aggression and did not allow his opponent any chance. He will take on Parupalli Kashyap who was given a walkover by his opponent.

Lakshya Sen also got a walkover in the first round. He will take on Son Won-Ho of South Korea in the 2nd round. The South Korean player defeated A Yadav in two straight sets by 21-12, 21-16.
HS Prannoy defeated Li Sheng of China in three sets by 18-21, 22-20, 21-13. Prannoy could not find a answer for the young Chinese in the first set. Both players fought it out in the 2nd set but, the Indian held his nerves to win 2nd set. In the final game, Prannoy dominated the Chinese and won it easily. He will take on Wang Tzu of Chinese Taipei.


Sourabh Verma defeated XD Sheng of Canada in two straight sets by 21-11, 21-16 to move into the 2nd round. He will take on Indian counterpart A Mishra.

Sai Praneeth defeated Zainuddin of Malaysia in two straight sets by 21-16, 22-20. The Indian dominated the Malaysian player in the first game. In the 2nd game, both players fought for each point, but Indian held his nerves to win 2nd set. He will take on Vitidsarn of Thailand.
Ajay Jayaram defeated Sameer Verma in all India encounter. Jayaram defeated Sameer by 15-21, 21-18, 21-13 to move into 2nd round. He will take on Zhao JP of China.

In the women’s singles, Rituparana Das defeated Yip P Yup of Hong Kong in two straight sets by 21-19, 21-19. It was an impressive performance by Young Das who stunned the higher ranked Hong Kong player.

Tanvi Lad defeated N Perminova of Russia in three sets by 21-18, 17-21, 21-16 to move into the 2nd round. She will take on Das in the 2nd round.


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Kidambi Srikanth move into the 2nd round 


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