<p>Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth entered the men’s singles second round of the USD 120,000 Thailand Grand Prix Gold here on Tuesday.<br /><br />Third seed Praneeth was 21-10, 18-9 ahead when his rival - Indonesia’s Nathaniel Ernestan Sulistyo retired. The 24- year-old Indian will next face Malaysia’s Satheishtharan R.<br /><br />Among others, Pratul Joshi emerged victories after his opponent Henri Hurskainen of Sweden retired midway in the first game at 13-11, while Shreyansh Jaiswal notched up a 21-19, 11-21, 21-17 win over Thailand’s Adulrach Namkul.<br /><br />Young shuttler Kartikey Gulshan Kumar also notched up successive wins over Thailand’s Chaiyasit Sukasem 21-13, 21-17 and Vietnam’s Thanh Long Truong 21-16, 16-21, 21-11, respectively, in the qualifiers to make it to the main draw.<br /><br />However, it was curtains for Arun Kumar Ashok Kumar, Aditya Joshi, Rahul Yadav Chittaboina, Hemanth M Gowda and Harsheel Dani after they lost their opening round matches. Returning to action after a long injury lay-off, RMV Gurusaidutt also lost in the opening round 12-21, 12-21 to Panji Ahmad Maulana of Indonesia.<br /><br />In women’s singles qualification round, Ira Sharma, Aakarshi Kashyap and Rasika Raje failed to make it to the main round after suffering defeats.<br /><br />The men’s doubles pair of Arun George and Sanyam Shukla lost 19-21, 16-21 to local pair Supak Jomkoh and Pakin Kuna- Anuvit in the qualifying round.</p>
<p>Singapore Open champion B Sai Praneeth entered the men’s singles second round of the USD 120,000 Thailand Grand Prix Gold here on Tuesday.<br /><br />Third seed Praneeth was 21-10, 18-9 ahead when his rival - Indonesia’s Nathaniel Ernestan Sulistyo retired. The 24- year-old Indian will next face Malaysia’s Satheishtharan R.<br /><br />Among others, Pratul Joshi emerged victories after his opponent Henri Hurskainen of Sweden retired midway in the first game at 13-11, while Shreyansh Jaiswal notched up a 21-19, 11-21, 21-17 win over Thailand’s Adulrach Namkul.<br /><br />Young shuttler Kartikey Gulshan Kumar also notched up successive wins over Thailand’s Chaiyasit Sukasem 21-13, 21-17 and Vietnam’s Thanh Long Truong 21-16, 16-21, 21-11, respectively, in the qualifiers to make it to the main draw.<br /><br />However, it was curtains for Arun Kumar Ashok Kumar, Aditya Joshi, Rahul Yadav Chittaboina, Hemanth M Gowda and Harsheel Dani after they lost their opening round matches. Returning to action after a long injury lay-off, RMV Gurusaidutt also lost in the opening round 12-21, 12-21 to Panji Ahmad Maulana of Indonesia.<br /><br />In women’s singles qualification round, Ira Sharma, Aakarshi Kashyap and Rasika Raje failed to make it to the main round after suffering defeats.<br /><br />The men’s doubles pair of Arun George and Sanyam Shukla lost 19-21, 16-21 to local pair Supak Jomkoh and Pakin Kuna- Anuvit in the qualifying round.</p>