Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, India's top doubles pair have advanced to the second round of the Badminton Asia Championships with a straight-game win of 21-13 21-9 against their Thai competitors.
Prannoy showed good athleticism but paid the price for being too erratic as he went down 16-21 18-21 to the third seeded Chinese in a 52-minute match.
Former world No 1 Saina showed her class as she dumped unseeded Korean Lee Jang Mi 21-15 21-13 in a 43-minute clash.
Third seed Sindhu, who won a silver at the Commonwealth Games, notched up a commanding 21-12 21-15 win over another Chinese Chen Xiaoxin in another pre-quarterfinal match.
Mumbai, Oct 23: Twentynine-year-old Suhas Khamkar did India proud by being the first in 20 years to win a gold at the Asian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness Mr Asia Championship held recently in Bahrain.
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