HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters on Thursday with contrasting victories over their counterparts.
Star Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy, and Kidambi Srikanth booked their places in the quarterfinals of the Malaysia Masters Super 500 tournament. They achieved contrasting wins over their respective rivals here on Thursday. While double Olympic medallist and sixth seed Sindhu disposed of Aya Ohori of Japan in straight games in women’s singles, Prannoy had to dig deep to beat Shi Feng Li of China in a tough three-game men’s singles contest. Later in the day, Srikanth defeated India Open champion and eighth seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.
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First up, world No. 13 Sindhu extended her dominance over Ohori, ranked 28th, taking just 40 minutes to beat the Japanese 21-16, 21-11 in the round of 16. It was her 13th win over the Japanese in as many meetings.
Sindhu will face China’s Yi Man Zhang in the quarterfinals.
World No. 9 overcame a two-game deficit to beat world No. 11 and reigning All-England champion Li 13-21, 21-16, 21-11 in one hour and 10 minutes to book his berth at the last-eight stage.
Prannoy will next meet Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto, who won the 2022 Japan Open and Spain Masters this year.
Coming into the match with a 0-3 head-to-head record, Srikanth won 21-19, 21-19 against Vitidsarn to make it to the quarterfinals.
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The 2021 World Championships silver medallist will meet Indonesian qualifier Christian Adinata.
Lakshya Sen, however, lost to Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong 14-21, 19-21 to end his campaign.
