Press Trust of India
Calgary (Canada), June 30: India witnessed another fruitful day at the Canada Open as all the shuttlers, including Ajay Jayaram and HS Prannoy, entered the third round of the USD 55,000 Grand Prix badminton tournament, here Wednesday.
Top seed Jayaram had to struggle past Canada’s Martin Giuffre 17-21, 21-17, 21-13 to set up a fight with Austria’s David Obernosterer.
Second seed Prannoy also made it to the pre-quarters after a hard-fought 13-21, 21-11, 21-15 win over Sweden’s Mattias Borg. He will next take on BR Sankeerth of Canada, a player of Indian origin.
RMV Gurusaidutt also stormed into the next round after an easy 21-8, 21-6 win over local shuttler Jonathan Lai and will now face eighth seed Raul Must of Estonia next while fourth seed B Sai Praneeth had to dig deep to eke out a 26-24, 21-16 victory over Chinese Taipei’s Kan Chao Yu to set up a clash against Wenchao Shi of Canada.
Pratul Joshi also registered a 21-13, 21-12 win over Scotland’s Alistair Casey and will face fellow Indian Harsheel Dani next.
In the women’s singles, Ruthvika Gadde defeated local player Kyleigh O’Donoghue 21-14, 21-14 while Tanvi Lad also made it to the pre-quarterfinals after defeating Denmark’s Julie Finne 21-17, 21-10.
