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Praneeth, Ashwini-Sikki advance at Malaysia Masters

India's Sai Praneeth and the women's doubles duo of Ashwini Ponna... Read More
SIBU (Malaysia): India's

Sai Praneeth

and the women's doubles duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the $120,000

Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold

badminton tournament on Wednesday.

Praneeth got the better of Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-13, 21-13 in 44 minutes in the first round.

Ashwini-Sikki took only 25 minutes to ease past Germany's Johanna Goliszewski and Lara Kaepplein 21-15, 21-12.

In the men's singles category, Danish reignging world champion

Viktor Axelsen

became the sole survivor among the top players as China's Lin Dan, Chen Long, South Korea's Son Wan- ho and Malaysian veteran Lee Chong Wei were eliminated in the first round.

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