_(1)_1642176394.jpg?w=801&auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=max&format=webp&dpr=1.0 "Syed Modi International 2022: HS Prannoy Enters Second Round, Sameer Verma Retires Hurt")
India's HS Prannoy entered the second round of the men's singles competition at the Syed Modi International badminton tournament after registering a straight-game win over Ukraine's Danylo Bosniuk in Lucknow on Tuesday. (More Badminton News)
On a comeback trail, the fifth seeded India𓂃n took just 36 minutes to get the better of Bo🎐sniuk 21-14 21-18 in his opening clash.
A former top-10 player, Prannoy, who gave a good account of himself before being stopped by 20-year-old Lakshya Sen in the quarterfinals of the India Open last week, will next meet compatriot Priya🐻nshu Rajawat, who got a first round wꦅalkover from Rahul Yadav Chittaboina.
However, the tournament was o꧟ver for fourth seed Sameer Verma after he retired ⛦hurt against Ireland's Nhat Nguyen.
Sameer was trailing 2-7 in th🌠e first game before he decided to concede the match due to a calf muscle injury, which he had sustained in October last year.
Subhankar Dey also conceꦚded his matꦫch against compatriot Kartikey Gulshan Kumar due to an injury when he was trailing 2-9 in the opening game.
Among women, Ashmita Chaliha gave a first round walkover to Malvika Bansod, while Aakarshi Kashyap defeated Mugdha Agrey 2ꦰ1-13 21-14 a♛nd Anupama Upadhyaya eased past Rituparna Das.
Two-time Olympic medallist and top seed PV Sindhu wi𓆏👍ll open her campaign against compatriot Tanya Hemanth on Wednesday, while London Games bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, seeded fourth, will test her fitness when she takes on Czech Republic's Tereza Švábíková in the first round.
