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