India's HS Prannoy started off his Malaysia Open 2022 campaign with a win over the Malaysian Liew Daren in the first round of the Men's singles category here in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
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Playing in court 1, the Indian won his match by a margin of 21-14, 17-21, 21-18. Prannoy got off a good start, winning the first game. His Malaysian counterpart bounced back to win the second game, but Prannoy won the closely contested last game by 21-18 to seal the match.
In the Men's doubles first-round game on court 1, the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty made a winning start to their campaign by defeating the Malaysian duo of Man Wei Chong and Tee Kai Wun in the men's doubles category.
Rankireddy and Shetty won the game by a margin of 21-18, 21-11. They were dominant in the match, winning it within two straight games.
In court 2, Indian B Sai Praneeth crashed out of the competition in the first round itself, losing to Indonesia's Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in the men's singles category.
Ginting won the match by a margin of 21-15, 19-21, 21-9. Praneeth got off a bad start, losing the first game. He then bounced back to win the second game. Ginting won the last one easily by 21-9, sealing the match for himself.
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In court 3, the Indian duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Reddy N Siki crashed out of the tournament in the first round, losing to Japan's Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in the women's doubles category.
Ponnappa and Siki lost the match by a margin of 21-15, 21-11. The outing was a disappointing one for them as they lost the match by losing in two straight games.
Later, India's Sameer Verma was also eliminated from the competition after a defeat to Indonesia's Jonatan Christie in the first round of the men's singles category.
Playing in court 3, Verma lost the match by a margin of 21-14, 13-21, 21-7. He got off a bad start, losing the first game, then later bounced back to win the second game. Christie won the final game by a huge margin of 21-7, sealing the match for himself.
On Wednesday, PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will be in action.
