India's B Sai Praneeth and H S Prannoy made registered contrasting wins to enter the second round of the BWF World Championships at Basel on Monday. (Sports News)

Praneeth, ranked 19th, defeated 66th-ranked Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada 21-17, 21-16 in a first-round clash lasting 39 minutes.

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In another men's singles first-round match, world number 30 Prannoy fought back to beat 93rd-ranked Eetu Heino of Finland 17-21, 21-10, 21-11.

India got a favourable result in the women's doubles also with Meghana Jakkampudi and S Poorvisha Ram getting past the Guatemala pairing of Diana Corleto Soto and Nikte Alejandra Sotomayor 21-10, 21-18 to enter the second round.

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The other Indians in the fray, seventh seed Kidambi Srikanth and 10th seed Sameer Verma, play their first-round later on Monday.