Saarbrucken (Germany), Oct 28 India’s Isharani Baruah, Malvika Bansod, and Unnati Hooda advanced to the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals of the Hylo Open Super 500 badminton tournament after winning their respective matches here on Wednesday.
Isharani beat Miranda Wilson of Germany 21-19, 21-9 in 38 minutes in their round of 32 match, while Malvika defeated compatriot Devika Sihag 18-21, 21-10, 21-14.
Seeded sixth in the tournament, Unnati fought back after losing the first game to beat Tereza Svabikova of Czechia 17-21, 21-12, 21-11 in the round of 32 match that lasted 49 minutes.
Aakarshi Kashyap, however, lost to Polina Buhrova of Ukraine 12-21, 18-21 to bow out of the USD 500,000 tournament.
(PTI News)
