Shuttlers Sai Praneeth and H.S. Prannoy reached in the second round of the BWF World Championships here on Monday to hand India a good start in the prestigious occasion.
While the world no. 19 Praneeth beat lower-positioned Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada 21-17, 21-16, world no. 30 Prannoy revived to down Finland's Eetu Heino 17-21, 21-10, 21-11.
Praneeth, who has been recently nominated for the Arjuna Award, took only 39 minutes to get his crusade off to a flying begin. He will currently assume the champ of the first-round match between South Korea's Lee Dong Keun and Australia's Daniel Fan in the second round on Tuesday.
The Indian women's doubles pair of Jakkampudi Meghana and Poorvisha Ram indented up a straight-game win over Diana Corleto and Nikte Alejandra of Guatemala to arrive at the second round. They won the challenge 21-10, 21-18.
