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Sydney: Five Indian shuttlers, including Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy, dished out impressive performances to reach the men’s singles second round at the $475,000 Australian Open Super 500 event here on Wednesday.

Lakshya, a 2021 World Championships bronze medallist, outplayed Chinese Taipei’s Su Li Yang 21-17 21-13, while Prannoy, a runner-up here in 2023, recovered from a poor opening game to beat world No. 85 Yohanes Saut Marcellyno 6-21 21-12 21-17 in 57 minutes in the first round match.

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya will next face either Chi Yu Jen or Wang Tzu Wei.

The 33-year-old Prannoy, an Asian Games bronze-medallist and a 2023 World Championships bronze winner, will meet eighth seed Alwi Farhan of Indonesia.

World No. 32 Ayush Shetty, who claimed his maiden Super 3

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