Syed Modi International 2024 Day 1 Results: Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy impress on opening day

The hectic BWF World Tour schedule is finally winding down, and one of the last tournaments on the calendar is the Syed Modi International. The Super 300 event began in Lucknow today (Tuesday, November 26) and gives Indian badminton enthusiasts a chance to watch the stars as well as the promising youngsters of the nation live.

After a few hectic qualification matches, the day's main-draw action consisted solely of mixed doubles matches. Multiple Indians put on strong performances, with the top-seeded duo of Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy claiming an easy win to move forward to the Round of 16.

Elsewhere, the pairs of Tanisha Crasto/Dhruv Kapila and Rohan Kapoor/Ruthvika Shivani Gadde also put on impressive displays to clinch wins. One of the most promising performances of the day came from the duo of Deep Rambhiya and Simran Singhi, who pulled off an upset when they outdid seeded compatriots Ashith Surya/Amrutha Pramuthesh to book a berth in the pre-quarterfinals of the Syed Modi International.

Syed Modi International 2024: Full results from Day 1 (Indians only)

Results from Day 1 of the Syed Modi International:

Mixed Doubles Round of 32

Dhruv KAPILA/Tanisha CRASTO (India) beat ZHANG Han Yu/BAO Li Jing (China) 12-21, 21-15, 21-17

Phuwanat HORBANLUEKIT/Fungfa KORPTHAMMAKIT (Thailand)

beat Ayush AGARWAL/Shruti MISHRA (India) 21-14, 19-21, 21-17

ZHOU Zhi Hong/YANG Jia Yi (China) beat Sathwik Reddy KANAPURAM/Vaishnavi KHADKEKAR (India) 21-9, 21-12

REDDY B. Sumeeth/REDDY Sikki (India) beat SUBRAMANIAN Sunjith/Gowri KRISHNA TR (India) 21-10, 21-18

Chayanit JOSHI/ Kavya GUPTA (India) beat Bokka NAVANEETH/Ritika THAKER (India) 21-19, 22-20

Rory EASTON/Lizzie TOLMAN (England) beat LIEW Xun/GO Pei Kee (Malaysia) 21-11, 18-21, 21-14

Gouse SHAIK/ MANEESHA K (India) beat Nitin KUMAR/Ridhi Kaur TOOR (India) 21-16, 12-21, 21-19

LIM Chiew Sien/WONG Tien Ci (Malaysia) beat Venkat Gaurav PRASAD/Juhi DEWANGAN (India) 21-12, 21-10

Rohan KAPOOR/GADDE Ruthvika Shivani (India) beat Nithin H.V/Anagha Aravinda PAI (India) 21-14, 21-12

Deep RAMBHIYA/Simran SINGHI (India) beta Ashith SURYA/Amrutha PRAMUTHESH (India) 21-15, 10-21, 23-21

Mohit JAGLAN/Lakshita JAGLAN (India) beat KONA Tarun/Sri Krishna Priya KUDARAVALLI (India) 19-21, 21-14, 21-11

Vishnu SREEKUMAR/Aparna BALAN (India) beat Suraj GOALA/Navdha MANGLAM (India) 21-19, 21-11