Calgary, Jul 5 (PTI) Indian men's doubles pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnuvardhan Goud Panjala entered the second round with a straight-game win but former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap exited from the Canada Open badminton tournament here.

World number 37 pair of Krishna and Vishnuvardhan, who had finished runners-up at 2021 Orleans Masters and 2022 Syed Modi International, registered a 21-14 21-16 win over Chen Zhi Ray and Lu Chen of Chinese Taipei in the round of 32 on Tuesday night.

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The young Indian pair is likely to take on second seeds Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan.

A former world number 6, Kashyap, however, lost steam after winning his opening match of the men's singles qualifier.

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The 36-year-old Indian, who had reached the quarterfinals of the London Olympics, beat Germany's Kai Schaefer 21-14 22-20 in the opening round but suffered a 17-21 20-22 loss to Lei Lan Xi China to bow out of the Super 500 tournament.

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, Commonwealth Games gold medallist Lakshya Sen, Tokyo Olympic B Sai Praneeth and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will be playing later in the day.

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