Sindhu, Srikanth storm into quarters; Sen, Bansod bow out

PV Sindhu

Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the quarter-finals but Lakshya Sen was ousted after losing his second round match at the Korea Open Super 500 badminton tournament here on Thursday.

World No.7 Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, got the better of World No.26 Japan's Aya Ohori 21-15, 21-10. World championship silver medallist Srikanth saw off Israel's Misha Zilberman 21-18, 21-6 to set up a clash with local hope and former World No.1 Son Wan ho. Commonwealth Games silver medallists and World No.7 pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Singapore's Hee Yong Kai Terry and Loh Kean Hean 21-15, 21-19 to also advance to the quarters.

World championship bronze medallist Sen, ranked ninth in the world, went down 20-22, 9-21 to World No.24 Shesar Hiren Rhustavito. Malvika Bansod was brushed aside by Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong 8-21, 14-21.

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