India's HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth reached the second round of the Indonesia Open, but B Sai Praneeth bowed out in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Prannoy, who was playing after a three-month break, beat world No. 20 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia 21-13, 21-18 in 43 minutes. The Indian won nine consecutive points at one stage in the second game on way to victory. He will meet world No. 3 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in the next round. Srikanth, meanwhile, beat world No. 11 Wing Ki Vincent of Hong Kong 21-15, 17-21, 21-16 in 56 minutes.
Praneeth, who recently won the Thailand Open, lost to 14-21, 18-21 to world No. 1 Son Wan Ho of South Korea. Son won eight consecutive points in the first game to stamp his authority on the match. Praneeth, who is ranked world No. 15, had a better second game but it was not enough to prevent a defeat. The match lasted 40 minutes.
In men's doubles, India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost 9-21, 19-21 to Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia
India suffered a reverse in women's doubles too as Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost 21-19, 19-21, 13-21 to the local pair of Dian Fitriani and Nadya Melati.
On Thursday, India's Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu had reached the second round in women's singles.