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Prannoy, Unnati Hooda progress in Taipei Open
['Nagaland Post']
Nagaland Post
TAIPEI CITY, JUL 29 (PTI): Seasoned shuttler HS Prannoy and Unnati Hooda, the spearheads of India’s campaign, advanced to the second round of their respective singles events at the Taipei Open Super 300 here on Wednesday.
Seeded seventh, Prannoy defeated Minoru Koga of Japan 21-11 21-14 in his opening round men’s singles match that lasted just 35 minutes.
Among other Indian men’s singles players to progress to the second round were Kiran George and Tharun Mannepalli.
The Indian will next play compatriot Tanya Hemanth, who defeated another Taipei shuttler Wen Chi Hsu 21-16 14-21 21-16 in a tough three-game opener.
Tanvi will next take on Indonesia’s Thalita Ramadhani Wiryawan, while Anmol will up against second seed Hsiang Ti Lin of Chinese Taipei.