Second round entry for Sindhu, Srikanth, Prannoy

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth

Unheralded Indian Mithun Manjunath stunned fourth seed and world number seven Kean Yew Loh of Singapore in the opening round while PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth secured straight-game wins at the Australia Open badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

Manjunath, ranked 50th in the world, beat Loh 21-19 21-19 in the men's singles first round match that lasted 41 minutes.

Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen conceded his men's singles match against compatriot Kiran George due to an injury.

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Fifth seed Sindhu defeated compatriot Ashmita Chaliha 21-18 21-13 in 36 minutes in her opening women's singles match.

In other men's singles opening round matches, Srikanth, World No. 19, defeated Japan's Kenta Nishimoto 21-18 21-7, while sixth seed HS Prannoy had to dig deep to beat Cheuk Yiu Lee of Hong Kong 21-18 16-21 21-15.

Rising shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat beat Australia's Nathan Tang 21-12 21-16.

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