New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): Former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth outplayed World No. 8 and residential favorite Kodai Naraoka in a three-game thriller, advancing to the quarter-finals of the Japan Masters, a BWF World Tour Super 500 event underway on the Kumamoto Prefectural Gymnasium.Â
Joining him within the final eight is newly topped HYLO Open champion Lakshya Sen, who registered a snug win over his Chinese opponent, in response to a press launch.
Despite coming into the match with a 0-4 head-to-head document in opposition to Naraoka, Srikanth confirmed nice composure to take the opening sport 21-15, profitable seven consecutive factors after trailing 12-14. The Japanese shuttler fought again strongly to power a decider and held the early benefit within the final sport. However, Srikanth stored his nerve, drew degree at 7-7 and regained management to shut out the match 21-18 in 60 minutes.
Srikanth will subsequent face one other Japanese opponent, World No. 15 Koki Watanabe, within the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, eighth seed Lakshya Sen continued his sturdy run with a dominant 21-8, 21-14 victory over China’s Dong Tian Yao in 35 minutes. He will tackle Japan’s Yushi Tanaka for a spot within the semi-finals.
Meanwhile, India’s marketing campaign within the doubles occasions ended, with each pairs struggling defeats.
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand had been knocked out within the girls’s doubles spherical of 16 after happening 21-14, 21-14 to third-seeded Japanese pair Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi.
In males’s doubles, Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun additionally exited the competitors after shedding 21-14, 21-14 to Japan’s Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi in a 34-minute encounter. (ANI)