<p>Birmingham: India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round of the men's doubles competition at the All England Championships, registering a straight-game victory over Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard.</p>.<p>Satwik, making his return after the loss of his father last month, and Chirag delivered an impressive performance, winning 21-17, 21-15 in 40 minutes late Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Asian Games champions, seeded 7th, will take on China's Hao Nan Xie and Wei Han Zeng in the round of 16 on Thursday.</p>.<p>In other matches involving Indian players, Lakshya Sen will face Indonesia's Jonatan Christie, while Malvika Bansod takes on Japan's third seed Akane Yamaguchi, a two-time World Champion.</p>.<p>Malvika had earlier stunned Singapore's Yeo Jia Min in her debut match at the prestigious tournament.</p>.<p>World No. 9 Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who reached back-to-back semifinals at this event, will meet the eighth-seeded Korean pair of Hye Jeong Kim and Hee Yong Kong.</p>.<p>Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will square off against the fifth-seeded Chinese duo of Yan Zhe Feng and Ya Xin Wei. PTI ATK TAP</p>
<p>Birmingham: India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round of the men's doubles competition at the All England Championships, registering a straight-game victory over Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard.</p>.<p>Satwik, making his return after the loss of his father last month, and Chirag delivered an impressive performance, winning 21-17, 21-15 in 40 minutes late Wednesday.</p>.<p>The Asian Games champions, seeded 7th, will take on China's Hao Nan Xie and Wei Han Zeng in the round of 16 on Thursday.</p>.<p>In other matches involving Indian players, Lakshya Sen will face Indonesia's Jonatan Christie, while Malvika Bansod takes on Japan's third seed Akane Yamaguchi, a two-time World Champion.</p>.<p>Malvika had earlier stunned Singapore's Yeo Jia Min in her debut match at the prestigious tournament.</p>.<p>World No. 9 Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, who reached back-to-back semifinals at this event, will meet the eighth-seeded Korean pair of Hye Jeong Kim and Hee Yong Kong.</p>.<p>Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will square off against the fifth-seeded Chinese duo of Yan Zhe Feng and Ya Xin Wei. PTI ATK TAP</p>