Canada Open 2025: Srikanth beats compatriot Priyanshu in first round; Ayush Shetty knocked out
Seventh seed Priyanshu started well to win the first game but Srikanth fought back to clinch the match 18-21, 21-19, 21-14 in 53 minutes.
Srikanth will face Chinese Taipei's Wang Po-Wei in the next round.
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Fifth-seeded Indian Ayush Shetty, who won last week's US Open, went down 23-21, 21-12 to compatriot Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian. Sankar takes on Huang Yu Kai of Chinese Taipei for a place in the quarterfinals.
Top-seeded mixed doubles duo of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto suffered a 21-15, 21-19 loss against Spain's Ruben Garcia and Lucia Rodriguez.
Shriyanshi Valishetty upset seventh-seeded Ukrainian Polina Buhrova 21-18, 22-20 to set up a second-round clash with Malaysia's Karupathevan Letshanaa.
However, Tanya Hemanth failed to convert two match points and went down 15-21, 24-22, 21-18 to Sung Shuo Yun, the third seed from Chinese Taipei. Ira Sharma lost 21-9, 21-14 to Kaloyana Nalbantova of Bulgaria.
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