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India Open 2019: Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy secure victory over Chinese pair, Pranaav Jerry Chopra, Shivam Sharma advance
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India Open 2019: Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy secure victory over Chinese pair, Pranaav Jerry Chopra, Shivam Sharma advance

Pranaav Jerry Chopra, one-half of India's mixed doubles pair of N Sikki Reddy, had an easy outing alongside Shivam Sharma in the men's doubles qualifying round where all eight pairs were Indians

India Open 2019: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth lead hosts' charge as tournament begins at new venue with higher drift
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India Open 2019: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth lead hosts' charge as tournament begins at new venue with higher drift

The depleted women's field presents an exciting opportunity to PV Sindhu to make up for her string of final losses in 2018, while Kidambi Srikanth will look to end a disappointing, trophy-less run.

India Open 2019: PV Sindhu puts trauma of faltering in crucial finals behind her to lead India's charge on home turf
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India Open 2019: PV Sindhu puts trauma of faltering in crucial finals behind her to lead India's charge on home turf

The absence of Yufei and Saina Nehwal provides an excellent opportunity to Sindhu to go deep in the tournament, though the presence of Thailand's Ratchanok Intanon and China's Beiwen Zhang will keep the 23-year-old on her toes.