Haarlem (The Netherlands), February 25 Indian players had a positive start as several men's singles players advanced to the next round at the Dutch Junior International here on Wednesday.
Dev Ruparelia won a straight-game victory over Rokas Lesinskas of Lithuania, winning 21-15, 21-18 in a 29-minute match.
He will next face fellow Indian Pranit Somani, who secured a hard-fought 21-13, 21-23, 21-11 win over Christopher Kunckel of Denmark in 49 minutes.
Akhil Reddy Bobba also advanced comfortably, defeating Jarno Deters of Germany 21-11, 21-9.
In other results, Samuel Tamang beat Nils Barion of Germany 21-9, 21-9 while Aanayan Borah defeated Milan Zeisig, also from Germany, 22-20, 21-19.
