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The President was seen playing a few shots with the celebrated badminton player at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Kiran George won in straight games against Shi Yuqi to enter pre-quarterfinals.
The 2012 London Olympics medalist spoke about her struggles with injuries, rivalry with Sindhu and career goals in an exclusive interview with Malayala Manorama.
The world No. 9, Prannoy, eked out a 21-19, 22-20 win over Wang in the 49-minute opening round clash to take his overall tally to 5-3 over the Taiwanese.
Lakshya, seeded seventh, came from a game down to win 19-21, 21-8, 21-17 against Malaysia's NG Tze Yong.
Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth continued to flatter to deceive as he blew an 18-15 lead and two game points to lose to Indonesia's Shesar Hiren Rhustavito 10-21, 22-24.
Defending champion Lakshya Sen and former champion Saina Nehwal suffered contrasting defeats in their respective second round matches.
Two-time Commonwealth Games champion Saina went down 12-21, 21-17, 12-21 to Han Yue of China.
He became only the fourth Indian to win a silver medal in the competition.
The two Indian men's doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and M R Arjun and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also moved into the quarterfinals.
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