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Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth enter quarterfinals

SINGAPORE:PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth continued their impressive run, progressing to the singles quarterfinals of the $355,000 Singapore Open.

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Singapore, April 11

PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth continued their impressive run, progressing to the singles quarterfinals of the $355,000 Singapore Open.

The fourth-seeded Sindhu took 39 minutes to get the better of world No. 22 Mia Blichfeldt 21-13 21-19, her second straight win over the Danish shuttler. World No. 6 Sindhu will next face China’s Cai Yanyan, a 2017 BWF Junior World Championships bronze medallist.

Sixth seed Srikanth survived a scare in the second game before overcoming Denmark’s Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-12 23-21, setting up a meeting with top seed Kento Momota of Japan. Momota ended HS Prannoy’s campaign with a straight-game (21-11 21-11) victory.

Saina made to work

Sixth seed Saina had to work hard as she attempted to avenge her Malaysia Open first-round loss to Pornpawee Chochuwong. Eventually, Saina pulled off a thrilling 21-16 18-21 21-19 win over the Thai shuttler. The London Olympics bronze medallist will next face Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara, the second seed.

While Saina was plotting the downfall of Chochuwong, her husband and fellow shuttler Parupalli Kashyap was locked in a fierce battle with the reigning Olympics champion, Chen Long of China. Kashyap stretched Chen to three games before losing 9-21 21-15 16-21 to the fourth-seeded Chinese.

Sameer Verma continued his impressive run, beating China’s Lu Guangzu 21-15 21-18 to set up a clash with either second seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei or Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen.

In mixed doubles, Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy entered the quarterfinals after stunning the world No. 11 Hong Kong pair of Tang Chun Man and Tse Ying Suet 21-17 6-21 21-19 in a 50-minute clash.

Sindhu fightback

Earlier in the day, Sindhu led throughout the first game after opening up a 3-0 advantage. However, in the second game, she was locked in a tight battle with Mia till 8-8. The Indian was, in fact, trailing 11-15 at one stage.  — PTI

Results

Women Singles: PV Sindhu bt Mia Blichfeldt 21-13 21-19; Saina Nehwal bt Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-16 18-21 21-19; Nozomi Okuhara bt Busanan Ongbamrungphan 8-21 21-15 21-13; Ratchanok Intanon bt Han Yue 19-21 21-11 21-13

Men’s Singles: Kidambi Srikanth bt Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 21-12 23-21, Sameer Verma bt Lu Guangzu 21-15 21-18, Chen Long bt Parupalli Kashyap 21-9 15-21 21-16

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