Xiaoxin Test Awaits Intanon – India Open: Day 2
Former India Open champion Ratchanok Intanon booked a second round showdown with fast-rising talent Chen Xiaoxin on day two of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2019 in New Delhi today.
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Intanon, winner here in 2016, had it easy in her opening test over India’s Sai Uttejitha, 21-9 21-6, but will expect a harder test against the 20-year-old Chinese prodigy, who beat her the last time they played, at the All England earlier this month.
Chen brushed aside the challenge of Indonesia’s Yulia Yosephin Susanto, 21-15 21-11, and joined four of her compatriots in the second round – Han Yue, Cai Yanyan, Li Xuerui and He Bingjiao.
Kidambi Srikanth, hoping to regain the form that saw him win the title here in 2015, narrowly evaded defeat at the hands of Hong Kong’s Wong Wing Ki Vincent.