Sen, George in Rd Two; Prannoy, Srikanth bow out

Lakshya Sen

Lakshya Sen and Kiran George advanced to the second round, but HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth made early exits after suffering narrow losses in their respective opening matches at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament here on Wednesday.

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World No. 19 Sen, who is looking to qualify for the Paris Olympics, avenged his Malaysia Open first-round loss to China's Weng Hong Yang with a 24-22, 21-15 win. George, bounced back from an opening game reversal to eke out a 18-21, 21-16, 21-19 win over France's Toma Junior Popov.

However, World No. 8 Prannoy lost to former World Champion Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 18-21, 21-19, 10-21 in his opening round match. For former World No. 1 Srikanth, squandered an opening game advantage to lose 21-19, 14-21, 11-21 to Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia, ranked 10th.

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