Russian Open: Round 1 results

Ajay Jayaram won his first round match convincingly

Indian shuttlers fared decently in the first round of the Russian Open on the 22nd of July with Lalita Dahiya being the only casualty on Day 1, losing to 8th seeded Russian Natalia Perminova in straight sets. 3rd seeded Ajay Jayaram won comfortably against Russian Kirill Timofeev, while Tanvi Lad had to fight it out against Victoria Slobodjanuk to emerge victorious in 3 tough games.

Mixed doubles pair Lalita Dahiya and Dinesh Chaudhary won against Mikhail Nesterenko and Daria Radchenko while men’s doubles pair Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy beat Malaysian duo Zulfaiz bin Zulkiffli and Zulhelmi Zulkiffli.

Scores

Category	Players	Score
Men’s singles	Ajay Jayaram(IND) bt Kirill Timofeev	21-7 21-7
Mixed doubles	Dinesh Chaudhary/Lalita Dahiya(IND) bt Mikhail Nesterenko/Daria Radchenko	21-11 21-16
Mixed doubles	Akshay Dewalkar/Prajakta Sawant(IND) bt Rodion Kargaev/Ekaterina Bolotova	21-16 21-16
Men’s doubles	Manu Attri/Sumeeth Reddy(IND) bt Zulfaiz bin Zulkiffli/Zulhelmi Zulkiffli	21-11 21-15
Women’s singles	Tanvi Lad(IND) bt Victoria Slobodjanuk	13-21 21-18 21-19
Women’s singles	Natalia Perminova bt Lalita Dahiya	21-5 21-9