Srikanth, Sindhu in quarters, Pranaav-Sikki lose in Badminton Worlds (Lead)

Glasgow Aug 24 (IANS) India s P.V. Sindhu joined Kidambi Srikanth in reaching the quarter-finals while the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lost in the pre-quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships here on Thursday.

Sindhu a double World Championships bronze medallist earned a hard-fought win over Hong Kong 13th seed Cheung Ngan Yi 19-21 23-21 21-17 in an hour and 27 minutes.

In the next round Sindhu will face Chinese fifth seed Sun Yu who got past Spanish 15th seed Beatriz Corrales 21-16 21-19.

Meanwhile Chinese teenager Chen Yufei stunned Japanese top seed Akane Yamaguchi 21-18 21-19.

In the men s singles eighth seed Srikanth registered a 21-14 21-18 win over Danish 14th seed Anders Antonsen.

The next opponent for Srikanth will be South Korean top seed Son Wan Ho who edged past Thai 11th seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-18 21-13.

Chinese fifth seed and defending champions Chen Long crushed Indian 13th seed Ajay Jayaram 21-11 21-10 to book his place in the quarter-finals.

Five-time world champion and Chinese seventh seed Lin Dan fought back from one game down to defeat England s Rajiv Ouseph 14-21 21-17 21-16.

Pranaav and Sikki the 15th seeds battled hard as they came close to upsetting the Indonesian seventh seeds Praveen Jordan and Debby Susanto but the latter prevailed 20-22 21-18 21-18.

With the loss of Pranaav and Sikki India s doubles campaign in the tournament came to an end.

--IANS
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