<p>Indian shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa got off to a winning start on Wednesday when she won both her women’s and mixed doubles first round matches at the German Open Grand Prix Gold in Mulheim.<br /><br />Partnering Maharashtra’s Pradnya Gadre, the Bangalore girl overcame Dutch pairing of Samantha Barning and Eefje Muskens 22-20, 21-11 in 26 minutes at the RWE Sporthalle.</p>.<p>In the mixed doubles section, Ashwini, paired with Kerala shuttler Tarun Kona, upset Indonesian fifth seeds Riky Widianto and Puspita Richi Dili in three games. The Indians won 23-25, 21-16, 21-17 in 53 minutes to set up a second round clash against experienced English pair of Chris Adcock and Gabrielle White.<br /><br />Ajay Jayaram, seeded tenth, reached the pre-quarterfinals with a 21-17, 21-16 win over Riichi Takeshita of Japan in the second round. Jayaram will take on eight seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia, a 21-19, 21-7 winner over Malaysia’s Soon Huat Goh in the last-16 match on Thursday. <br /><br />In the first round, the world number 32 Jayaram prevailed over Brice Leverdez of France 21-12, 21-18.<br /><br />Anand Pawar had to sweat it out before overcoming world number 51 Michael Lahnsteiner of Austria 22-20, 16-21, 21-16. Pawar will meet sixth seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the next round.<br /><br />Arvind Bhat was up against compatriot Anup Sridhar and the 33-year-old managed a 21-17, 21-15 victory to sail into the second round. He will take on second seed Boonsak Ponsana next.<br /><br />However, it was curtains for RMV Gurusaidutt, who lost to Bin Qiao of China 17-21, 11-21.<br />In mixed doubles, Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan reached the main draw. <br /><br />India duo scored a 21-15, 21-10 win over German pair of Hannes Kaesbauer and Kira Kattenbeck in the first round and then prevailed over Irish brother and sister combo of Sam Magee and Chloe Magee 21-19, 21-12.</p>
<p>Indian shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa got off to a winning start on Wednesday when she won both her women’s and mixed doubles first round matches at the German Open Grand Prix Gold in Mulheim.<br /><br />Partnering Maharashtra’s Pradnya Gadre, the Bangalore girl overcame Dutch pairing of Samantha Barning and Eefje Muskens 22-20, 21-11 in 26 minutes at the RWE Sporthalle.</p>.<p>In the mixed doubles section, Ashwini, paired with Kerala shuttler Tarun Kona, upset Indonesian fifth seeds Riky Widianto and Puspita Richi Dili in three games. The Indians won 23-25, 21-16, 21-17 in 53 minutes to set up a second round clash against experienced English pair of Chris Adcock and Gabrielle White.<br /><br />Ajay Jayaram, seeded tenth, reached the pre-quarterfinals with a 21-17, 21-16 win over Riichi Takeshita of Japan in the second round. Jayaram will take on eight seed Tommy Sugiarto of Indonesia, a 21-19, 21-7 winner over Malaysia’s Soon Huat Goh in the last-16 match on Thursday. <br /><br />In the first round, the world number 32 Jayaram prevailed over Brice Leverdez of France 21-12, 21-18.<br /><br />Anand Pawar had to sweat it out before overcoming world number 51 Michael Lahnsteiner of Austria 22-20, 16-21, 21-16. Pawar will meet sixth seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the next round.<br /><br />Arvind Bhat was up against compatriot Anup Sridhar and the 33-year-old managed a 21-17, 21-15 victory to sail into the second round. He will take on second seed Boonsak Ponsana next.<br /><br />However, it was curtains for RMV Gurusaidutt, who lost to Bin Qiao of China 17-21, 11-21.<br />In mixed doubles, Arun Vishnu and Aparna Balan reached the main draw. <br /><br />India duo scored a 21-15, 21-10 win over German pair of Hannes Kaesbauer and Kira Kattenbeck in the first round and then prevailed over Irish brother and sister combo of Sam Magee and Chloe Magee 21-19, 21-12.</p>