B Sai Praneeth, Sameer Verma progress in Australian Open badminton
B Sai Praneeth beat Israel’s Misha Zilberman in straight games 21-17, 21-14 while Sameer Verma had to toil hard to get the better of New Zealand’s Abhinav Manota 13-21, 21-17, 21-12 in the opening round of Australian Open badminton.