Singapore Open: Subhankar Dey, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde & Rituparna Das advance to second round
Published on July 18, 2018
In badminton, Subhankar Dey, Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and former national champion Rituparna Das advanced to
the second round of respective singles in the opening round of Singapore Open today. India’s best mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy also entered the second round. However, defending men’s singles champion B Sai Praneeth crashed out of the tournament after opening round defeat.
It was also curtains for former Commonwealth Games bronze medallist RMV Gurusai dutt and young Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka.Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy also bowed out .Mandiraju Anilkumar Raju and Venkat Gaurav Prasad too failed to cross the opening hurdle.