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Indah Cahya Sari Jamil: H S Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth entered the second round of the men’s singles at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament on Wednesday. However, double Olympic medallist P. V. Sindhu suffered a first-round exit.

Prannoy battled past fifth seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in a 82-minute showdown, clinching a 19-21, 21-17, 21-16 victory. Not to be outdone, Srikanth stunned sixth seed Lu Guang Zu of China with a gritty 23-21, 13-21, 21-11 win to power into the next round.

Srikanth qualified for the main draw in the men’s singles section after beating Chinese Taipei shuttlers Kuo Kuan-lin and Huang Yu Kai in the qualifiers.