India’s Saurabh Verma defeated Chinese Taipei’s Yang Chih Chieh 21-14, 21-15 to advance to the second round of the 2014 Macau Open badminton here on Tuesday.
B. Sai Praneeth hardly broke a sweat as his Malaysian opponent Woon Kok Hong conceded the match due to an injury with the Indian leading 11-5 in the first game.
Indian results: First round: Saurabh Verma bt Yang Chih Chieh (Tpe) 21-14, 21-15; Sai Praneeth bt Woon Kok Hong (Mal) conceded; Kazumasa Sakai (Jap) bt Ajay Jayaram 21-15, 21-11; Shi Yuqi (Chn) bt Arvind Bhat 21-15, 21-5; H.S. Prannoy bt Shih Kuei Chun (Tpe) 21-12, 21-18.
