Sameer Verma advances to second round of men's singles of French Open Badminton

Paris: In Badminton, Sameer Verma advanced to the second round of Men's Singles of the French Open in Paris yesterday.  Samer Verma beat South Korea's Lee Dong Keun 21-14, 21-12 in the opening round.  Sameer Verma will next face Indonesia's Shesar Hiren Rhustavito.

Meanwhile, the Mixed Doubles pair of



Dhruv Kapila and N. Sikki Reddy were knocked out in the first round.

Today, two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu will begin her Women's Singles campaign against Denmark's Julie Dawall Jakobsen while Kidambi Srikanth has been drawn against Kento Momota of Japan.