India’s Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the quarterfinals after incomes a hard-fought victory in opposition to Korea’s Dong Ken Lee at the same time as Sourabh Verma crashed out of the Hylo Open Super 500 badminton, right here on Thursday.
The seventh seeded Srikanth needed to toil arduous for 56 minutes earlier than eking out a 21-9 19-21 21-10 win within the pre-quarterfinal.
The match was a lot intently fought than what the scoreline suggests.
Srikanth will now meet Hong Kong’s NG Ka Long Angus, who’s seeded third.
However there was disappointment in retailer for Indian followers as Sourabh Verma misplaced to Thailand’s Kantaphon Wangcharaoen 13-21 10-21 in 33 minutes.
In the ladies’s doubles, Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy misplaced to Nita Violina Marwah and Syaikah Putri in straight video games within the final 16 conflict.
The Indonesia pair received 21-15 21-16 in simply 35 minutes.
Lakshya Sen is pitted in opposition to Tzu Wei Wang in one other pre quarter-final match.
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