India’s badminton doubles teams in Asiad pre-quarters

Incheon, Sep 24 (IANS) Indian men's badminton doubles team of B. Sumeeth Reddy-Manu Attri and the women's doubles pair of Pradnya Gadre-N. Siki Reddy won their respective matches comfortably to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the 17th Asian Games at the Gyeyang Gymnasium here Wednesday.

Reddy-Attri thrashed Maldives' Nasheeu Sharafuddeen and Mohamed Sarim 21-7, 21-7 in 19 minutes to win Round of 32 match. 

The Indian pair will face Chinese team of Xialong Liu and Zhian Qiu in the pre-quarterfinal Thursday. 

In the women's competition, Pradnya and Siki registered a facile win over Nepal's Sichhya Shrestha-Punam Gurung. 

The Indian pair wrapped up the Round of 32 match 21-6, 21-4 in just 16 minutes.

Pradnya-Siki face Japanese pair of Miyuki Maeda-Reika Kakiwa in the Round of 16 match later in the day.