Adam pringle

Hylo Open BWF World Tour: Satish Kumar Karunakaran and Ayush Shetty won their respective matches while Tharun Mannepalli, Keyuru Mopati, and S Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian crashed out on a mixed day for India at the Hylo Open BWF World Tour Super 300 event here on Wednesday.

In the mixed doubles first round, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and compatriot Aadya Variyath too reached the next stage, coming back from a game deficit to overcome Scotland's Adam Pringle and Rachel Andrew, 14-21, 21-11, 21-13 in a 43-minute encounter.

In a men's singles Round of 32 match, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran defeated compatriot Chirag Sen in a hard-fought three-game encounter, winning 22-20, 22-24,21-17 to advance to the next stage at Court 1 in the Saarlandhalle-3. Sathish, ranked 45th in the BWF World Rankings, overcame the challenge of the 96th-ranked Chirag Sen, coming back after losing the second game to win the decider of the match that lasted just over one hour.