India's national champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Chetan Anand moved into the second round in the Hong Kong Open badminton tournament, being played at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Hong Kong on Tuesday.
Gupta defeated 75th-ranked Eric Go of the United States 15-6, 15-5 while Anand thrashed local boy Chun Yie Leung 15-2, 15-5 to advance.
In the next round, Gupta now faces seventh seed Anders Boesen of Denmark while Anand will take on 15th seed Chunlai Bao of China.
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