Saarbrucken (Germany), Oct 30 (PTI) Indian shuttlers Ayush Shetty and Sathish Kumar Karunakaran advanced to the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the Hylo Open Super 300 tournament after beating their respective opponents here on Wednesday.
Shetty beat Joakim Oldorff of Finland 21-12 21-17 in the first round match that lasted 38 minutes. He will face Giovanni Toti of Italy next.
Karunakaran defeated compatriot Chirag Sen 22-20 22-24 17-21 in a hard-fought match that went for one hour and three minutes.
In another men’s singles first round match, India’s Tharun Mannepalli lost to Collins Valentine Filimon of Austria 19-21 19-21.
In the women’s singles, India’s Keyura Mopati lost 8-21 12-21 to Anna Siess Ryberg of Denmark. PTI PDS PDS AH AH
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