Dubai
Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy reached the quarterfinal stage of the ongoing Badminton Asia Championships after winning their respective round of 16 matches on Thursday.
Sindhu defeated China's Han Yue by 21-12, 21-15 in straight games. Earlier, she beat Hsu Wen-chi of Taiwan by 21-15, 22-20 to advance to the round of 16.
Prannoy defeated Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo of Indonesia by 21-16, 5-21, 21-18 to move to the last-eight stage.
Earlier, Prannoy had downed Myanmar's Phone Pyae Naing by 21-14, 21-9 in the round of 32.
Satwiksairaj-Chirag, also known as 'Sat-Chi' stormed into the quarterfinal by defeating Jin Yong and Na Sung Seung of Korea in their men's doubles match.
They had defeated Malaysia's Tan Kian Meng and Tan Wee Kiong 21-14, 21-17 in their round of 32 match.
The Indian mixed doubles duo of Rohan Kapoor and N Sikki Reddy moved to the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023 after they got a walk-over in their round of 16 match on Thursday.
The women's doubles duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand pulled out of the tournament due to injury.
Other Indians in the fray, in the men's singles, Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the competition in the round of 16 stage. He lost to Japan's Kodai Naraoka 14-21, 22-20, 9-21.
The mixed doubles duo of Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponappa also lost their round of 16 match to Chinese Taipei's Chang Ko-chi and Lee Chih Chen in straight two games by 15-21, 17-21.
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Badminton Asia Championships 2023 started from April 25 in Dubai and will go on till April 30.