In their respective US Open Super 300 openers on Wednesday, PV Sindhu defeated American opponent of Indian origin Disha Gupta in straight games, while Lakshya Sen defeated Finland’s Kalle Koljonen.
In the other men’s singles match, S Sankar Subramanian beat Irish Nhat Nguyen 21-11, 21-16 in the first round after battling through two qualifying rounds to get into the main draw.
In any case, B Sai Praneeth was defeated in 3 games by 23-year-old world No. 7 Chinese player Li Shi Feng.
Sindhu advanced to the second round after defeating Diksha 21-15, 21-12 in only 27 minutes, while Lakshya defeated his Finnish opponent 21-8, 21-16 in less than 30 minutes.
While Praneeth gave second seed Shi Feng a good fight, he lost 16-21, 21-14, 21-19 in an hour and 14 minutes. Sankar, meanwhile, was tested by his Irish opponent Nhat Nguyen before winning 21-11, 21-16 in 44 minutes.
In another women’s singles match, India’s 61-ranked Ruthvika Shivani lost 14-21, 11-21 to Lin Hsiang Ti of Chinese-Taipei.
Parupalli Kashyap, a former Commonwealth Games winner, lost his match against Koo Takahashi of Japan on Tuesday at the halfway point after trailing 21-23 7-11. He had won his opening match 21-19, 21-17 against England’s Rohan Midha.
However, Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu Chieh and Su Li Wei defeated Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala in the men’s doubles opening round, 14-21, 14-21.