Sankar Muthusamy beats Ireland’s Nguyen to enter main draw of US Open Super 300

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World junior silver medallist Sankar Muthusamy, 19, registered 21-11, 21-16 win over Ireland's Nhat Nguyen in the main draw of the US Open Super 300 badminton tournament here.

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On Tuesday night, World No. 80 Sankar, notched up twin wins to enter the main draw. He The 19-year-old from Chennai, opened his campaign with 21-17, 21-11 win over Brazil's Davi Silva and then recorded a 21-11, 21-17 victory over Canada's BR Sankeerth.

Former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, however, retired midway into his second match after trailing 21-23, 7-11 against Koo Takahashi of Japan.

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