Hylo Open 2022: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reach second round

NEW DELHI: Star Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Chinese Taipei's Lee Yang and Lu Chen to progress to the men's doubles second round of the Hylo Open Super 300 tournament here on Wednesday. The third-seeded Indians, who won the French Open Super 750 title last week for their biggest win on the world tour, overcame a game deficit to beat Yang and Chen 19-21, 21-19, 21-16 in their first-ever meeting. The world number eight pairing next face England's Rory Eastron and Zach Russ.

In the other Indian results, H S Prannoy and the men's doubles pair of M R Arjun-Dhruv Kapila gave walkovers to their respective rivals in their first-round matches. Agencies

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