Malaysia Masters: HS Prannoy Beats Tsuneyama, Sameer Verma Downs Wangcharoen To Sail Into Rd 2

Earlier on Thursday, Sania Nehwal and PV Sindhu moved to the second round of the tournament after defeating their respective opponents.

Indian male shuttlers HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the ongoing Malaysia Masters after winning their respective first-round matches with relative ease. While Prannoy overcame Japan's Kanta Tsuneyama 21-9, 21-17 in a match that lasted for 34 minutes, Verma registered a straight game win over Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharoen 21-16, 21-15. Earlier in the day, Sania Nehwal and PV Sindhu moved to the second round of the tournament after defeating their respective opponents. Nehwal defeated Lianne Tan 21-15, 21-17 while Sindhu beat Russia's Evgeniya Kosetskaya 21-15, 21-13. On the other hand, Sai Praneeth was knocked out of the tournament in the first round. The 27-year-old faced a straight-game defeat at the hands of Denmark's Rasmus Gemke 11-21, 15-21.