George, Maisnam, Manjunath enter Last 16 at Orleans

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The Indian troika of Kiran George, Meiraba Luwang Maisnam and Mithun Manjunath progressed to the men's singles pre-quarterfinals after contrasting wins in the second round of the Orleans Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here.

While George stunned Netherland's third seed Mark Caljouw 19-21, 21-16, 23-21, qualifier Meiraba got rid of eighth seed Toby Penty of England 21-16, 21-16 and Manjunath prevailed over compatriot Siddharth Pratap Singh 21-14, 21-10 in another second round match.

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