NEW DELHI: Ace Indian shuttler Sameer Verma suffered a first round exit while Mithun Manjunath and Priyanshu Rajawat advanced to the men's singles second round of the Orleans Masters tournament in Orleans, France on Wednesday.
Verma who won the first game 21-19 could not hold the lead as he lost the next two games 19-21, 21-19, 21-17 against Ireland's Nhat Nguyen.
Manjunath had to battle hard against an higher-ranked Victor Svendsen of Denmark to register a 24-22, 25-23 victory while Rajawat beat compatriot Kiran George 21-18, 21-13.
Manjunath will play Taipei's Yu Jen, who was lucky to progress after fifth seed Rasmus Gemke retired in the second game after pocketing the first.
Rajawat, on the other hand, will be up against top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan. Nishimoto prevailed over Taipei's Chia Hao Lee 21-18, 21-11.
(With PTI inputs)
