BASEL: Continuing their winning run, promising Indian shuttlers H S Prannoy and Sameer Verma advanced to the pre-quarters of men’s singles in the 120,000 dollar Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold here late last night.
The 13th seed Prannoy beat Germany’s Lars Schaenzler 21-16 21-13 in a little over half an hour match to set up a meeting with 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Rajiv Ouseph of England, seeded sixth.
Young Sameer also notched up a stunning 21-19 22-20 win over fourth seed Chinese Wang Zhengming. He will next take on Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, seeded 16th.
However, it was the end of 11th seed Ajay Jayaram’s campaign as his fight ended with a narrow 21-23 18-21 loss to Kenichi Tago of Japan last night. (AGENCIES)
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