Orleans Masters 2021: Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth progress into the next round

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The top Indian shuttlers including Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth moved into the next round of the Super 100 Orleans Masters played in Paris on Tuesday.

After receiving a bye in the first round, Kidambi Srikanth defeated his Indian counterpart Ajay Jayaram in two straight games. Srikanth faltered in the first round of the prestigious All England Badminton Championship tournament that was played last week. It was a dominating performance by the experienced Srikanth who outplayed Jayaram winning by 21-15, 21-10 to move into the third round. He will take on Cheam J W of Malaysia.

The experienced Parupalli Kashyap's poor performance continued as he lost to T Popov of France in two straight games. Kashyap lost badly in the first game at 7-21 before providing a fight losing it 17-21. Kashyap received a bye in the 1st round.

K George stunned the experienced HS Prannoy in three sets. Prannoy played with aggression in the first game and put pressure on the youngster winning it 21-13. In the second game, George came back strongly with great aggression to win it 21-16. The third game went right down the wire as both players took alternate points before George won it 23-21 to move into the third round. He will take on B Leverdez of France.

C Sen defeated CA Dwi Wardoyo of Indonesia in two straight games by 21-13, 21-12 to move into the third round. 

In the women’s singles, Saina Nehwal had no problems defeating R Darragh of Ireland in two straight games. The Indian who retired hurt during the first-round match at the All England Badminton Championship outplayed her opponent by 21-9, 21-5 to move into the second round. She will take on M Batoeme of France.

The mixed doubles pair of Pranav Chopra and Sikki Reddy defeated D Stiptis and S Au Yeong of Austria in two straight games at 21-7, 21-18 to move into the second round. They will take on N Nohr and A Magelund of Denmark.



 





Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth win the opening matches of the 2021 Orleans Masters in Paris

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