Rout-Swain pair bows out in women’s doubles of AO
BY Agencies11 Jun 2024 6:17 PM GMT
Agencies11 Jun 2024 6:17 PM GMT
Sydney: The Indian pair of Harshitaa Rout and Sruti Swain suffered a straight-game defeat to bow out in the opening round of the
women’s doubles event at the Australian Open badminton tournament here on Tuesday.
Rout and Swain were shown the door by the local pair of Dania Nugroho and Kai Qi Bernice Teoh 19-21 19-21.
Among other Indians in action, Abhishek Yeligar qualified for the men’s singles main draw.
Yeligar first beat compatriot Shashwat Dalal 21-14 21-5 and then Jie Ying
Chan of Australia 21-15 21-14 to seal his place in the main draw.
He will be up against Israel’s Misha Zilberman in the opening round.
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