Kamaldeep Singh and Prateek Khurana also advanced into the next round.
Wijetilekk eased past Mandeep Singh of Maharashtra 21-18, 21-15 and Prasad outplayed Suresh Babu G of Andhra Pradesh 21-10, 21-18 in the round two qualifying matches.
Kamaldeep registered hard fought 22-20, 21-15 win over Anil Kumar Karanam of AP while Prateek Khurana had to stave off a second set fightback from Bidyut Deoro of Assam to score a 21-13, 18-21, 24-22.
They will have to grind it out in two more qualifying rounds on Wednesday to enter the tournament proper.
Important results (Karnataka unless mentioned):
Men: Qualifiers (round II): Kamaldeep Singh bt Anil Kumar Karanam (AP) 22-20, 21-15; Ajit Wijetilekk bt Mandeep Singh (Mah) 21-18, 21-15; Venkatesh Prasad bt Suresh Babu G (AP) 21-10, 21-18; Prateek Khurana bt Bidyut Deoro (Asm) 21-13, 18-21, 24-22; Velavan V (TN) bt Irshad Khan 21-16, 25-23; Arjuna Reddy M (AP) bt Venkatesh Kamat 21-13, 21-19; Prannoy H S (Ker) bt Rohit More (Rly) 21-14, 21-11; Ashish Sharma (Dli) w/o Ganesh G; Ajay Rathi (Har) bt Sonic Prabhudesai 27-25, 21-23, 21-15; B Sai Praneeth (AP) bt Jagadish Yadav 21-11, 21-12; Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt Rishiket Yeligar 21-19, 21-12; Pawan Malik (Cgh) bt Karthik M 21-10, 21-11; Nanda Gopal K (Rly) bt Shivakumar M (Kar) 21-7, 21-9.
Round I: Kamaldeep Singh bt Azaad Singh Virdi (Dli) 21-19, 21-9; Sonic Prabhudesai bt Himanshu Verma (Cgh) 21-9, 21-15; Jagadish Yadav bt Geofray (TN) 21-19, 21-12; Irshad Khan bt Vikas Kundu (Chg) 21-18, 21-8; Shivakumar M bt Rajesh Soami (Dli) 21-19, 21-12; Jeevan T R w/o Ankit Arora; Arjuna Reddy M (AP) bt Prakash Jolly 23-21, 21-18; Prannoy H S (Ker) bt Ganesh 21-8, 21-4; Sandeep Gahlot (Dli) bt Sachin K 21-17, 13-21, 21-15; Vijay Sangwan (Har) bt Anil Pradhan 21-9, 21-5; Tanveer Gill (Dli) bt Tribhuvan L D 21-12, 21-11; Ganesh G w/o Mayank Behal (Pun); Manjush Mohan K K (Ker) bt Karthikey K 21-15, 15-21, 21-19; Abdul Bari (MP) bt Navin L S 21-8, 21-9; Noren Bhuyan (Anp) bt Kunal S Roy 21-14, 21-19; Sachin Rawat (Dli) bt Mohamad Muhaimin 21, 10, 21-10; Ajit Wijetilekk w/o Harender Malik; Ajay Kumar K (Rly) bt Vivek Hassan 21-6, 21-5; Vijay Kumar Reddy (AP) bt Kevin George 21-11, 21-12; Nihar Tilekar (Mah) bt Harshil Shah 21-14, 21-17; Rishiket Yeligar w/o Dilshad Kamaludheen (Ker); Abhimanyu Singh (MP) bt Sunjeeth 21-15, 21-18; Manish Gupta (Cgh) bt Sunil Verma 19-21, 21-18, 21-16; Kashish Anand (Dli) bt Ramesh Nayak 21-13, 21-14; Sumeeth Reddy B (AP) Romit Dodeja 21-16, 21-15; Kiran Kumar Behara (Rly) Ninad Kamat 21-14, 21-12; Kathik M w/o Anurag Thakkar (MP).
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