PV Sindhu got her German Open campaign off to a good start, defeating Rong Schafer in straight games 21-11 21-13 to move into the second round. Parupalli Kashyap also had a smooth sailing into Round 3 after beating Joshua Magee 21-12 21-11.
Like the case against Takuma Ueda in his first round match, Kidambi Srikanth was once again made to sweat in his second round match against Erik Meijs of Netherlands 15-21 21-6 21-16 to move into Round 3.
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Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy also had a tough opening match, but eventually pulled through to beat Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis, 21-16 19-21 21-17 to move into the next round.
The only disappointment of the day was Sameer Verma, who lost a hard-fought match to Lee Dong Keun 8-21 21-19 21-19 in the second round.
Here are the results:
PV Sindhu beat Rong Schafer 21-11 21-13
Parupalli Kashyap beat Joshua Magee 21-12 21-11
Kidambi Srikanth beat Erik Meijs 15-21 21-6 21-16
Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy beat Chris langridge/Marcus Ellis 21-16 19-21 21-19
Lee Dong Keun beat Sameer Verma 8-21 21-19 21-19
