Anand Pawar lone Indian survivor after round 1 in Scottish Open

Seventh seed Anand Pawar was the lone Indian survivor after the opening round of the Scottish International Badminton tournament being played at Glasgow on Thursday.

The world number 55 thrashed Sam Dobson of England 21-14, 21-7 in the first round to set up a second round clash against Bulgaria’s Blagovest Kisyov.

However, India’s challenge in the women’s singles withered away in the first round itself with national champion Sayali Gokhale, former national champion Trupti Murgunde and Jacqueline Rose Kunnath going down rather sheepishly.

Results (first round):

Men’s singles

7-Anand Pawar bt Sam Dobson (ENG) 21-14, 21-7

Prakash Jolly lost to Rasmus Fladberg (DEN) 21-14, 21-13

Women’s singles

Jacqueline Rose Kunnath lost to 11-Beatriz Corrales (ESP) 21-7, 7-2 retd

Sayali Gokhale lost to Sarah Walker (ENG) 24-22, 7-21, 21-17

Trupti Murgunde lost to 2-Carolina Marin (ESP) 21-17, 21-8