Indonesia Open: Jwala-Ashwini, Manu-Sumeeth in pre-quarters

HYDERABAD: It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers at the

Indonesia Open Super Series Premier

in Jakarta on Wednesday. Doubles teams of Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa and Manu Attri-Sumeeth Reddy advanced to the second round while India's lone representative in men's singles

Sourabh Verma

crashed out of the tournament.

Verma lost to second seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia.

Manu-Sumeeth pair trounced

Peter Gabriel

Magnaye and Alvin Morada of Philippines 21-13, 21-16 while Jwala-Ashwini recovered after losing the second game to beat Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma and Ribka Sugiarto of Indonesia 21-7, 20-22, 21-10.

Saina Nehwal will face Fitriani Fitriani of Indonesia in the second round on Thursday.