French Open 2022: Wins Send Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy To The Second Round

Sameer Verma pulled off an upset victory over sixth-seeded Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, whereas HS Prannoy won his match against Liew Daren to enter the second round of French Open 2022.

PTI

Updated on: 26 October 2022 4:40 pm

Sameer Verma is currently 31st in the BWF rankings.

Sameer Verma registered an upset win over Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia to advance to the second round of the French Open Super 750 badminton tournament in Paris on Wednesday. (More Badminton News)

The unseeded Verma beat sixth-seeded Ginting 21-15 21-23 22-20 in a hard-fought first-round match that lasted one hour and 17 minutes. Verma, thus, avenged Ginting for his loss in the Swiss Open in March. The head-to-head record stood at 2-2 after Wednesday's win by Verma.

Verma will face Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in the second round.

HS Prannoy also made it to the second round of the tournament with a hard-fought win over Liew Daren of Malaysia in the men's singles.

Prannoy defeated his lower-ranked opponent 21-16 16-21 21-16 in a first-round match that lasted one hour and 13 minutes.

Prannoy will next face Lu Guang Zu of China.

In the men's doubles, the Indian pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila lost to the fifth-seeded Indonesian duo of Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardiant 15-21 16-21 in the first round.