Indian mixed doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa yesterday shocked Commonwealth Games silver medallists England's Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith to enter the pre-quarters of the China Open here. World No. 25 Satwiksairaj and Ashwini, who had lost twice to the English combination in the past, executed their plan well to notch up a 21-13, 20-22, 21-17 win in a match that lasted an hour and three minutes.

"It was a good match. We were pretty confident today at crucial moments. We struck to our plans so it became a little easy in the end," Satwik said. Seventh seed Srikanth, who had reached the quarter-finals last week at Japan Open, too was through to the pre-quarters after beating Denmark's Rasmus Gemke 21-9, 21-19 to set up a meeting with Thailand's Suppanyu Avihingsanon.