Jwala/Ashwini win in straight games to enter the pre-quarters of India GPG
INDIA'S LEADING WOMEN'S DOUBLES PAIR Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa have entered the pre-quarters of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championship held at the BBD Indoor Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday.
It was a comfortable win for the sixth seed as they defeated Heather Olver/Lauren Smith (England) in straight games 21-6, 21-14.
Along with Gutta/Ashwini, the other doubles pairs that qualified are Aparna Balan/Prajakta Sawant, Ningshi Block Hazarika/Harika Veludurthi, K Maneesha/Sikki Reddy, S Poorvisha Ram/Arathi Sara Sunil.
On the other hand, the men's doubles pair of Manu Attri/B Sumeeth Reddy were ousted in straight games 18-21, 16-21 by fourth seed Korean duo Ko Sung Hyun/Shin Baek Cheol. The ones who qualified to the pre-quarters are Vineeth Manuel/S Sajneeth, Anilkumar Raju/Venkat Gaurav Prasad, Pranaav Jerry Chopra/Akshay Dewalkar, K Nandagopal/Shlok Ramchandran.
The results are as follows (women's doubles):
| Women's doubles | Opponets | Results |
| Balan/Sawant | Hsu Ya Ching/Pai Yu Po (Taipei) | 21-13, 13-21, 21-17 |
| Hazarika/Veludurthi | Smirit Nagarkoti/Parssa Naqvi (India) | 21-15, 21-10 |
| Maneesha/Reddy | Sara Naqvi/Riya Pillai (India) | 21-7, 21-11 |
| Poorvisha/Sara | Farha Mather/Karishma Wadkar (India) | 21-9, 21-14 |
The winners play the following opponents. In each match the pairs are meeting each other for the first time.
| Women's doubles | Opponent |
| Balan/Sawant | (3) Eefje Muskens/Selena Piek (Netherlands) |
| Hazarika/Veludurthi | (6) Gutta/Ponnappa |
| Reddy/Maneesha | Puttita Supajirakul/Sapsiree Taenattanachai (Thailand) |
| Poorusha/Sara | (5) Shizuka Matsuao/Mami Naito (Japan) |
The results for men's doubles are as follows:
| Men's doubles | Opponent | Result |
| Manuel/Sajneeth | Gopi Raju/Arjun Kumar Reddy (India) | 30-29, 14-21, 21-16 |
| Raju/Prasad | Farzin Khanjani/Soroush Eskandari (Iraq) | 21-8, 21-17 |
| Chopra/Akshay | Krishnaprasad/Satwiksairj Rankireddy (India) | 21-16, 21-19 |
| Nandagopal/Shlok | Phillip Chew/Sattawat Pongnairat (USA) | 21-9, 16-21, 21-9 |
Here too the pairs in the next round are meeting each other for the first time.
| Men's Doubles | Opponent |
| Manuel/Sajneeth | (1)Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen (Denmark) |
| Raju/Prasad | (6) Vladimir Ivanov/Ivan Sozonov (Russia) |
| Chopra/Akshay | (5) Angga Pratama/Ricky Suwardi (Indonesia) |
| Nandagopal/Shlok | (3) Mads Conrad-Petersen/Mads Pieler Kolding (Denmark) |
