The opening day of the China Open Super Series Premier
turned out to be a forgettable day for the Indian contingent with only P
Kashyap surviving the first round.
The London Olympics quarterfinalist got the better of Sweden’s
Henri Hurskainen 21-15, 21-15 to set up a second round clash against seventh
seed Tien Minh Nguyen of Vietnam, whom he had defeated in the group stages of
the Olympic Games.
While Kashyap advanced, there was heartbreak for all the
other singles players with P V Sindhu going down against Eriko Hirose of Japan
22-20, 14-21, 21-19 in women’s singles, Ajay Jayaram suffering a 21-18, 16-21,
21-14 reversal against Daren Liew of Malaysia and RMV Guru Sai Dutt beaten
11-21, 21-13, 21-11 by Takuma Ueda of Japan.
The doubles specialists also could not do much and were
shown the door in the first round.
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