2015 French Open Superseries: Day One results

HS Prannoy pulled off the biggest upset of Day one

Day One of the French Open Superseries started off very well, but did not end in very good fashion for India as PV Sindhu, finalist at the Denmark Open Superseries last week, was knocked out in the opening round by Wang Shixian.

But the biggest surprise of the day came from HS Prannoy, who defeated reigning Olympic champion Lin Dan to knock him out in the opening round.

Here are all the results from Day One

Men’s Singles

1.Parupalli Kashyap beat Thomas Rouxel 21-11 22-20

2.Tian Houwei beat Kidambi Srikanth 21-15 13-21 21-11

3.HS Prannoy beat Lin Dan 14-21 21-11 21-17

4.Ajay Jayaram beat Hans-Krist Vittinghus 21-18 18-21 21-18

Women’s Singles

1.Saina Nehwal beat Michelle Li 21-18 21-13

2.Wang Shixian beat PV Sindhu 21-10 21-11

Women’s Doubles

1.Jwala Gutta/Ashwini Ponnappa beat Jongkolphan Kititharakul/Rawinda Prajonjai 21-15, 21-12

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