Tanvi Sharma fights back to enter Korea Open second round

Anmol Kharb and Tanvi Sharma advanced to the women's singles second round at the Korea Open Super 500 badminton tournament. However, HS Prannoy suffered an opening-round defeat, while the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv and Maneesha also bowed out

Yeosu (South Korea): India’s Anmol Kharb and Tanvi Sharma produced impressive performances to advance to the women’s singles second round of the Korea Open Super 500 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

Anmol, who reached the semifinals of the Hylo Open last week, defeated Canada’s Rachel Chan 21-19, 21-18 in the opening round to set up a clash with second seed Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.

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Tanvi, the winner of the Taipei Open Super 300 title, fought back after dropping the second game to beat Japan’s Manami Suizu 21-16, 12-21, 21-17 in her round-of-32 match.

She will face either Japan’s fifth seed Hina Akechi or China’s Xu Wen Jing next.

However, HS Prannoy, a 2023 World Championships bronze medallist, went down 15-21, 21-23 to South Korea’s Yoo Tae Bin in the men’s singles first round.

In mixed doubles, Dhruv and Maneesha suffered a narrow 22-20, 12-21, 22-24 defeat against seventh seeds Zhu Yi Jun and Li Qian of China.