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Anup, Anand in pre-quarterfinals

Aditya Prakash, Gurusai Dutt also made the grade

New Delhi: Anup Sridhar and Anand Pawar advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the New Zealand Open Grand Prix badminton tournament in Auckland on Tuesday.

Sixth seed Sridhar, who got a first round bye, beat New Zealand’s Joe Wu 21-18, 21-16 in the second round to set up a final-16 clash with Wing Ki Wong of Hong Kong. Wong beat Malaysian Zulfadli Zulkifli 21-12, 21-12.

Seventh seed Pawar, who also got a bye in the first round, defeated James Eunson of New Zealand in the second round.

Aditya Prakash outlasted Kiwi Kevin Dennerly-Minturn 21-12, 21-18 and then overcame stiff challenge from Yogendran Krishnan before beating the Malaysian 21-16, 17-21, 21-19. R.M.V. Gurusai Dutt brushed aside Kiwi Leck S. Tham 21-5, 21-6 and Simon Maunoury of France 21-4, 21-10 in first and second round respectively to reach the pre-quarterfinals.

Among other Indian men, Aditya Elango struggled his way to a win over Kiwi Bjorn Seguin 19-21, 21-16, 21-11 in the first round before going down to eighth seed Mathieu Lo Ying Ping of France 10-21, 8-21.

Abhimanyu Singh and Arundhati Pantawane gave walk-overs to Kiwis Thomas Ellis and Sheena Kwan in the men’s and women’s singles category respectively. — PTI

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