IMAGE: HS Prannoy beat New Zealand's Abhinav Manota in straight games to enter the second round at the World Championships. Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
HS Prannoy started his campaign at the World Championship in style beating New Zealand's Abhinav Manota in straight games to enter the second round at the prestigious event in Nanjing, China, on Monday.
World No. 11 Prannoy saw off Manota 21-12, 21-11 in a lop-sided contest that lasted just 28 minutes.
The men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy, who had won the Lagos International recently, defeated Bulgarian pair Daniel Nikolov and Ivan Rusev 21-13, 21-18 to also make it to the second round.
However, Sanyogita Ghorpade and Prajakta Sawant went down fighting 20-22, 14-21 to Turkey's Bengisu Ercetin and Nazlican Inci in 34 minutes in the women's doubles competition.