Jolywin Rodil, Orla Deegan, Amritha Kuttikrishnan and Irene Linde progressed into the next round of the Ladies Singles with relatively easy victories over their respective opponents at the 37th India Club UAE Open Badminton Tournament at India Club in Dubai.
Rodil marched ahead with a straight-sets win over Simi Sundaram, overwhelming Sundaram 21-5, 21-3, while Deegan did not have to step on to the court after getting a walk over against Lavanya Goyal.
Kuttikrishnan also had it relatively easy against Donney Mathew, winning 21-6, 21-7.
And, while Linde made short work of Reeja Alexander 21-7 to clinch the first set, she was stretched a bit in the second before eventually prevailing 21-12 to progress to the next round.
Meanwhile, in the men’s masters singles, Sunil Kumar trounced Habib Malik 21-2, 21-7 to sail into the next round, while David Colquhoun prevailed over Anil Chamoli 21-7, 21-9.
In the masters singles for those over 40 years, Sarfraz Ahmed was stretched to three sets before beating Chacko Navin 21-15, 16-21, 21-12.
Results & fixtures
Ladies Singles
Jolywin Rodil bt Simi Sundaram 21-5, 21-3; Orla Deegan w/o Lavanya Goyal; Amritha Kuttikrishnan bt Donney Mathew 21-6, 21-7; Irene Linde bt Reeja Alexander 21-7, 21-12.
Men (Masters) Singles
Sunil Kumar bt Habib Malik 21-2, 21- 7; David Colquhoun bt Anil Chamoli 21-7, 21-9; Stephen Mathai bt Himmat Chand 21-7, 21-11; Satinder Chauhan bt Roshan Gunathilaka 21-15, 21-18; Jobin John w/o Denny John; Sachin Seth bt Madhushan Jayalath 21-10, 21-12.
Masters Singles (+40)
Xavier Raphael w/o Abdul Rafeek KA; Sarfraz Ahmed bt Chacko Navin 21-15, 16- 21, 21-12; Mayuresh Vaidya bt Sanjeev Kumar 21-9, 22-20; James Varghese bt Valasarvakkam V. Ganesh 21-4, 21-8.
Men Mixed Doubles
Avinash Suresh Kumar/Amritha K. bt Shamsudheen Ibrahim/Reeja A. Alexander 21-16, 21-18.
Masters Doubles (40+)
Riyaz Azhar Hasan/Venugopal PG w/o Manoj V/Partner; Riyaz Azhar/ Venugopal PG bt Vinaya Chandran C./George Jacob 21-19, 21-18.
Veteran Doubles (45+)
Prabhakaran P/Vinod Kodaken bt Suresh Nair/Harshad Mohamed 21-12, 21-11; Roby Varghese/Abdul Salam AA bt Pradeep Kumar V/A. Shamsudheen 23-21, 21-14.
Veteran Mixed Doubles (+45)
Prabhakaran P/Rosamay Asignor w/o Disney Silvester/Partner