Five Indians Reach Australian Open Badminton Second Round

The wins set up round-two tests against seeded opponents at a ranking-rich Super 500 stop.

Overview

HS Prannoy rallied past Yohanes Saut Marcellyno 6-21, 21-12, 21-17 and will face eighth seed Alwi Farhan next.
Lakshya Sen defeated Su Li Yang 21-17, 21-13 and awaits Chi Yu Jen or Wang Tzu Wei in the second round.
Kidambi Srikanth edged Lee Chia Hao 21-19, 19-21, 21-15 to book a meeting with Shogo Ogawa or Edward Lau.
Ayush Shetty beat Sam Yuan 21-11, 21-15 and Tharun Mannepalli outlasted Magnus Johannesen 21-13, 17-21, 21-19 to progress, with next rounds against Kodai Naraoka and Lin Chun-Yi respectively.
Kiran George fell to sixth seed Kenta Nishimoto 21-11, 22-24, 17-21 and the mixed doubles pair Mohit and Lakshita Jaglan lost to Nyl Yakura and Crystal Lai 12-21, 16-21.