Prakash from Karnataka defeated Saurav Kapoor of Haryana 21-10 21-13 to set up a clash with Punjab's Prateek Mahajan, who won against Himanshu Verma of Chandigarh 21-13 21-14 in another second round match.
In the women's singles qualifiers, seeded entries Sanyogita Ghorpade (1), Chitra Lekha (2), Varsha Belawadi (3) and G M Nischitha (4) all got byes to enter the next round.
Results:
Men's singles qualifying second round: Ratikanta Saha, RLY, def. Kandarp Chaubey, RAJ, 21-16 21-19; Himanshu Kharbanda, DLI, def. Firoj Mulani, MAH, 21-13 21-15; B Kiran Kumar, RLY, def. Jaswinder Singh, PNB, 15-21 21-16 21-11; Talar Laa, AI, def. Anurag Thakkar, MP, 22-20 21-13; Saarang Lakhanee, MAH, def. Dinesh T, RLY, 16-14 Ret; Renuka Kiran Mouli B, KTK, def. Prince Chaturvedi, UTR, 21-8 21-19; Sanjeeth S, RLY, def. Akash Sethi, CHG, 21-14 21-16; Mohit Tiwari, UTR, def. K. Prakash Jolly, KTK, 21-16 21-17; Vikas Harsha P, AP, def. Bhaskar Chkraborty, DLI, 16-21 21-12 21-15; K Ajay Kumar, RLY, def. Anand Tiwari, PNB, 21-11 21-7; Sachin Ratti, PNB, def. Akshay Raut, MAH, 21-13 21-16; Pawan Malik, CG, def. Abhishek Yeligar, AI, w.O.; Kaushik Pal, WB, def. Joy T Antony, KER, 21-11 21-19; Deepak Khatri, RLY, def. Karthikey K, KTK, 24-22 18-21 21-12.
Women's singles qualifying first round: Manali Sinha, ASM, def. Ruby Singh, CG, 21-10 21-17; Vijeta Bhargava, MP, def. Garima Yadav, CAG, w.O.; J Sarada Govardhini, AP, def. Shambhavi Bajaj, DLI, w.O.; Muskan Rathore, MP, def. P S Linymol, KER, w.O.; Sampada Sahasrabuddhe, MAH, def. P Ramsy, AP, 21-5 21-12; J Anees Kowser, TN, def. Daksha Gautam, HAR, 21-16 21-15; Rasika Raje, MAH, def. Dimpal Hazarika, ASM, 21-8 21-8; Ch. Poornima, AP, def. Uttara Prakash, KTK, 21-11 23-21; Ritu Vinayak, PNB, def. Yamini Sharma, DLI, w.O.; Jagriti Nashier, HAR, def. Swati Sharma, CAG, 21-15 21-16; Susan Rajan, KER, def. Pallavi Sharma, MP, 21-11 21-6; Rucha Nikam, MAH, def. Pizza Bharali, ASM, 21-13 21-18.
