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Patna : World No 15 Kidambi Srikanth, 28, and World No 16 B Sai Praneeth, 29, both from India, advanced to the 2nd round of SimInvest Indonesia Open 2021, an HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1,000 badminton tournament, at Bali, Indonesia, on November 24, 2021.
B Sai Praneeth defeated World No 35 Toma Junior Popov, 23, France, in straight games 21-19, 21-18 in 46 minutes in first round. Praneeth won 42 points during the match to 37 points by Popov. Praneeth won 6 consecutive points in the match to 4 by Popov.
Srikanth beat World No 32 H S Pranoy, 29, India, in a close three-game contest 21-15, 19-21, 21-12 in 56 minutes. Srikanth, in all, won 61 points during the match to 48 points by Pranoy. Both the players won 4 consecutive [oints each during the match. Srikanth had also defeated Pranoy in quarter-final of Daihatsu Indonesia Masters last week.