India shuttlers in quarters after easy wins over China’s Zhang Yi Man and Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei respectively
PV Sindhu returns to China’s Zhang Yi Man during their quarter-final at the Axiata Arena in Kuala Lumpur yesterday; (right) HS Prannoy after defeating Chinese Taipei’s Wang Tzu Wei. Pics/Getty Images
India’s two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and compatriot HS Prannoy cruised into the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Masters with straight-game wins here on Thursday.
Sindhu, who is seeded seventh, made short work of World No.32 China’s Zhang Yi Man 21-12, 21-10 in just 28 minutes in a women’s singles second-round clash. However, a tough contest awaits the former World Champion, currently ranked seventh in the world, as she will cross swords with her nemesis Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals.
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In the men’s singles contest, Prannoy eked out a 21-19, 21-16 win over Wang Tzu Wei of Chinese Taipei to book a quarter-final against Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama. However, B Sai Praneeth and Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the competition. Paneeth lost to Li She Feng of China 14-21, 17-21, while Kashyap was dispatched 10-21, 15-21 by sixth seed Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting.
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