The Indian shuttler, whose world ranking has plummeted to 65 owing to a prolonged lean patch will face France’s Toma Popov in the last-eight stage
Kidambi Srikanth returns to Nhat Nguyen. Pics/Getty Images
Former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth as well as the mixed doubles pairing of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila entered the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters here on Thursday.
Srikanth prevailed 23-21, 21-17 in a 59-minute showdown against Ireland’s World No. 33 Nhat Nguyen.
Dhruv Kapila (left) and Tanisha Crasto during their win yesterday
The Indian shuttler, whose world ranking has plummeted to 65 owing to a prolonged lean patch will face France’s Toma Popov in the last-eight stage.
Meanwhile, Kapila and Crasto beat the French duo of Julien Maio and Lea Palermo 21-17, 18-21, 21-15. They are set to battle against the Chinese combination of Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin in the quarter-final.
In the day’s other pre-quarterfinal matches involving Indian players, HS Prannoy suffered a 9-21, 18-21 defeat to Japan’s Yushi Tanaka.
Ayush Shetty lost to France’s Toma Popov 13-21, 17-21 while Sathish Kumar Karunakaran went down to Christo Popov of France 14-21, 16-21.
In the women’s doubles, Prerana Alvekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande lost to Hsu Yin-Hui and Lin Jhih Yun 9-21, 14-21.
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