Kidambi Srikanth prevailed 23-21, 21-17 in the 59-minute showdown vs Nhat Nguyen.© AFP
Seasoned Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth entered the quarterfinals of Malaysia Masters after defeating Ireland’s Nhat Nguyen in his second-round match but HS Prannoy bowed out with a straight game loss on Thursday. In the mixed doubles pre-quarterfinals, the duo of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto beat France’s Julien Maio and Lea Palermo 21-17 18-21 21-15. Prannoy, however, suffered a 9-21 18-21 defeat to Japan’s Yushi Tanaka in his men’s singles pre-quarterfinal match. In the day’s other pre-quarterfinal matches involving Indian players, Ayush Shetty lost to France’s Toma Popov 13-21 17-21, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran went down to Christo Popov of France 14-21 16-21.
In the women’s doubles round of 16 outing, Prerana Alvekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande lost to Hsu Yin-Hui and Lin Jhih Yun 9-21 14-21.
Srikanth prevailed 23-21, 21-17 in the 59-minute showdown against world number 33 Nguyen.
Srikanth, whose world ranking has plummeted to 65 owing to a prolonged lean patch, will face France’s Toma Popov in the last-eight stage.
Also bowing out was Sathish Karunakaran. He was beaten 14-21, 16-21 by Toma’s brother and doubles partner Christo Popov.
In the doubles competition, Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila advanced to the quarterfinals of the mixed event with a 21-17, 18-21, 21-15 victory over France’s Lea Palermo and Julien Maio.
They will next be up against the Chinese combination of Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin.
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