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Kuala Lumpur, April 1 (IANS)
Parupalli Kashyap and World No.17 H.S. Prannoy.progressed to the second round at the Malaysian Open on Wednesday.
While World No.13 Kashyap beat South Korean Lee Dong Keun 21-15, 11-21, 21-14 in an hour and 11 minutes, Prannoy defeated a spirited Irishman Scott Evans 22-20, 21-18 in 40 minutes.
However, Indian men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy was handed a 11-21, 17-21 thrashing in 30 minutes by the Indonesian team of Andrei Adistia and Hendra Aprida Gunawan.
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Hong Kong's Hu Yun upset Danish sixth seed Viktor Axelsen 21-17, 13-21, 21-16 to set up the second round contest against Japanese Kento Momota, who beat Thai qualifier Boonsak Ponsana 21-17, 21-10.
Five-time world champion Lin Dan entered the second round after his opponent Tommy Sugiarto, who defeated the Chinese maestro at the Indian Open last week, retired hurt.
Top contenders in the women's singles competition -- Olympic champion Li Xuerui, former World No.1 Yihang Wang and former World champion Ratchanok Intanon -- entered the second round.
