India had an easy outing at the $55, 000 Canada Open badminton tournament as all the shuttlers entered the third round of their respective categories here.
In men's singles, top seed Ajay Jayaram came back from a game down to beat local boy Martin Giuffre 17 - 21, 21 - 17, 21 - 13 in 54 minutes in the second round match.
He will next face Austria's David Obernosterer in the pre - quarterfinals.
Second seed H. S. Prannoy had a similar outing against Sweden's Mattias Borg before the Indian bounced back to win 13 - 21, 21 - 11, 21 - 15 in another men's singles match.
He will next take on B R Sankeerth of Canada.
Promising R. M. V. Gurusaidutt thrashed local boy Jonathan Lai 21 - 8, 21 - 6 to move into the third round and face eighth seed Raul Must of Estonia.
Fourth seed B Sai Praneeth edged past Chinese Taipei's Kan Chao Yu 26 - 24, 21 - 16 to set up a clash against Wenchao Shi of Canada.
Young shuttler Pratul Joshi registered an easy 21 - 13 21 - 12 win over Scotland's Alistair Casey and will next face fellow Indian Harsheel Dani.
In women's singles, 2015 National Champion Ruthvika Shivani Gadde defeated local player Kyleigh O' Donoghue 21 - 14 21 - 14.
She will next face Austria's Elisabeth Baldauf.
Runner - up at 2016 senior Nationals, Tanvi Lad also made it to the pre - quarterfinals after defeating Denmark's Julie Finne - Ipsen 21 - 17 21 - 10 and will face Maya Chen of USA next.
In mixed doubles, Manu Attri and Ashwini Ponnappa beat the local pair of Byron Holcek and Erin O'Donoghue 21 - 13 21 - 14 to set up a clash with another local pair of Jonathan Lai and Michelle Tong.
Rio - bound top seeded Indian men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy will face the Canadian combo of Timothy Chiu and Jason Ho - Shue in the pre - quarters.
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