PV Sindhu, Ashwini Ponnappa and other Indian shuttlers take a selfie

Badminton star Sikki Reddy shared this image on Twitter yesterday after India qualified for the knockout stage of the Sudirman Cup having beaten Indonesia 41 to set up a meet with China on Friday The picture which includes all from Indiarsquos contingent mdash Ashwini Ponnappa left PV Sindhu centre Reddys fianceacutee Sumeeth Reddy right was captioned by Reddy So its China tmrw lets break the Great Wall of china P9Ashwini Pvsindhu1 buss_reddyHaving booked a spot at the knockout stage of the Sudirman Cup India will have to play out of their skins to break the Chinese wall in the quarterfinals here tomorrow This is only the second time that India managed to reach the knockout stage following their quarterfinal finish at the 2011 edition when they lost to China 13It will be the mighty Chinese once again who will stand in between India and a medal at the prestigious tournament which will not figure Indonesia in the last eight for the first time in its 28year historySo its China tmrw ethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0092ordfethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0092ordfethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0092ordfethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0092ordf lets break the Great Wall of china ethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0098Acircu00c2u0086ethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0098Acircu00c2u0086ethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0098Acircu00c2u0086ethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0091Acircu00c2u008aethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0091Acircu00c2u008aethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0091Acircu00c2u008a P9Ashwini Pvsindhu1 buss_reddy pictwittercom8jw9plM4Y7mdash sikkireddy sikkireddy May 24 2017China have twotime Olympic champion Lin Dan and reining Rio gold medallist Chen Long in their ranks and it will take a gigantic effort from India to get across them in the mens singles Among Indians only K Srikanth has ever beaten Lin Dan en route his title triumph at the 2014 China Open and he will need to be at his best to outdo the ChineseIn the womens singles Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu will also have a tough task irrespective of whether she plays world No 7 He Bingjiao or world No 6 Sun YuWorld No 5 Sindhu had lost to Bingjiao at the Asia Championship last month while the Hyderabadi has a 34 record against Sun who had beaten the Indian at the Dubai World Superseries Finals last yearWomens world No 4 doubles pair of Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan and the makeshift combo of Bao Yixin and Tang Jinhua have done the job for China and it will be an interesting contest for Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy who have shown the stomach to fightIn the mixed doubles Ashwini and young Satwiksairaj Rankireddy too have dished out a gritty performance in the event so far and they would look to challenge the supremacy of world No 2 Lu Kai and Huang Yaqiong if they are fielded by ChinaThe Chinese mens doubles pair of Liu Yuchen and Li Junhui are world No 3 while Zhang Nan and Fu Haifeng world No 40 also won against Hong Kong and it will be an uphill climb for B Sumeeth Reddy and Manu AttriIndia could perhaps look back at their mens team performance against China during the Asia Team championships last year when they had beaten them at Hyderabad But then it was a young Chinese team sans Lin Dan and Chen LongIn the other quarterfinal tomorrow Japan will face Malaysia in an interesting contest