CALGARY (CANADA), July 12: Commonwealth Games champion P Kashyap and rising star HS Prannoy registered straight-game wins to advance to the second round of the USD 65,000 Canada Grand Prix here.
Coming back after recovering from an injury, Kashyap, seeded 16th, defeated Peru�s Daniel La Torre Regal 21-11, 21-9, while second seed Prannoy beat Mexico�s Job Castillo 21-13, 21-15 in another men�s singles match at Markin MacPhail Centre.
Kashyap will meet Japan�s Koki Watanabe, while Prannoy will square off against Scotland�s Kieran Merrilees.
Among others, Lakhanee Sarang eked out a 21-9, 17-21, 21-7 win over local shuttler Eugene Chan, while Abhishek Yelegar saw off Vietnam�s Hoang Nam Nguyen 21-15, 21-5 and Karan Rajan Rajarajan outclassed Croatia�s Zvonimir Durkinjak 13-21, 21-10, 21-13.
Lakhanee will next face top seed Korean Lee Hyun Il, Karan will take on England�s Sam Parsons and Abhishek will fight it out against USA�s Howard Shu. It was however curtains for Harsheel Dani after he lost 11-21, 7-21 to France�s Lucas Corvee, seeded 11th. � PTI
