India star shuttlers PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, and Kidambi Srikanth superior to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 match after defeating their respective rivals.
Double Olympic medallist Sindhu beat Aya Ohori of Japan in straight video games in ladies’s singles. On the opposite hand, Prannoy prevailed over Shi Feng Li of China in a tough three-game males’s singles match. Later within the day, Srikanth registered a win in opposition to India Open champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.
World No. 13 and sixth-seeded Sindhu prolonged her domination over Ohori, ranked twenty eighth when she took the court docket first. She beat her Japanese rival for the thirteenth time in as many conferences, In the spherical of 16 sport that lasted for 40 minutes, Sindhu received straight sets21-16, 21-11. She will lock horns with China’s Yi Man Zhang within the quarterfinals.
World No. 9 Prannoy beat world No. 11 to seal his berth within the last-eight stage. In the match that lasted for one hour and 10 minutes, Prannoy misplaced the primary set. However, he made a robust comeback to win the following two video games. He defeated Li 13-21, 21-16, 21-11. Prannoy will subsequent face Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto within the quarterfinals. Nishimoto has clinched victories within the 2022 Japan Open and Spain Masters this 12 months.
Coming into the match with a 0-3 head-to-head file, Srikanth registered a straight-sets win in a detailed match. He registered a win by 21-19, 21-19 over Vitidsarn to additionally make it to the quarterfinals. He will subsequent meet Indonesian qualifier Christian Adinata.
Lakshya Sen, nonetheless, misplaced to Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong and bowed out of the competitors. He ended his marketing campaign with straight units loss in opposition to Angus 14-21, 19-21.
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