Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], May 25 (ANI): World championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth obtained the higher of World Number 5 Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in straight video games 21-19, 21-19 in Round of 16 match of Malaysia Masters 2023 to affix Prannoy and Sindhu within the quarterfinals on Thursday.
Srikanth will face Indonesia’s Christian Adinata within the last-eight conflict on Friday. It was a hard-fought match for the Hyderabadi shuttler.
Earlier within the day, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu comfortably obtained the higher of Aya Ohori of Japan 21-16, 21-11 in 40 minutes in pre-quarters and can lock horns with China’s Zhang Yi Man to e book a spot within the semifinals within the match being held in Kuala Lumpur.
Continuing his good run within the BWF World Tour Super 500 occasion, Prannoy defeated All England champion Li Shi Feng of China with an excellent come-from-behind victory 13-21, 21-16, 21-11 within the Round of 16. He will face Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto within the last-8 spherical on Friday.
In males’s singles shuttler Lakshya Sen will even be in motion later within the day.
Indian shuttlers will likely be competing in Hangzhou Asian Games from September 23 to October 8 in singles, doubles and group occasions.
Sindhu bagged a bronze within the group occasion in 2014 whereas she gained a silver in girls’s singles within the 2018 version.
Overall Sindhu has a formidable document in multi-sporting occasions as she bagged a gold in Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham and gained a silver and bronze in Rio Olympics 2016 and Tokyo Olympics respectively.
Lakshya Sen too will likely be wanting to carry out after successful gold in Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. He was additionally a part of the group that gained the Thomas Cup in the identical 12 months. (ANI)