Cuttack: Top seeds Unnati Hooda and Tharun Mannepalli as well as other leading Indian shuttlers progressed comfortably to the pre-quarterfinals across singles categories of the Odisha Masters Super 100 here on Wednesday.
In women’s singles, Unnati beat UAE’s P. Bharath 21-12, 21-18.
Sixth seed Anmol Kharb survived a stern test from Thailand’s Y. Ketklieng, prevailing 21-17, 19-21, 23-21, while third seed Tanvi Sharma outlasted Japan’s Aika Iwaki 21-8, 17-21, 21-18. Mannepalli dismantled Manav Choudhary 21-5, 21-8. agencies