Singapore Open: Sridhar advances, Anand exits

Indian shuttlers had a mixed start in the Singapore Open Super Series, with Olympian Anup Sridhar advancing to the main draw after winning both his qualifying matches, and compatriot Anand Pawar bowing out in Singapore on Tuesday.

Sridhar bounced back from a game down in his second round match to beat China's Yanbo Qiu 15-21, 21-19, 21-17 after a gruelling 52-minute battle.

Second seed Sridhar had defeated Canadian Stefan Wojcikiewicz 21-10, 21-11 in his first round match.

However, Anand, who beat Canadian Andrew Dabeka 21-16, 21-15 in his first round match, failed to carry the momentum and went down 14-21, 16-21 to Kazushi Yamada of Japan in a 30-minute second round clash.