Kidambi Srikanth prevailed 23-21, 21-17 in the 59-minute confrontation against Nhat Nguyen.© AFP
The experienced Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth entered the quarter -finals of Malaysia Masters after defeating Nhat Nguyen of Ireland in his second round match, but HS Prannoy bowed with direct defeat on Thursday. In the mixed double pre-qualifying, the duo of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto beat Julien Maio and Lea Palermo of France 21-17 18-21 21-15. Prannoy, however, suffered a 9-21 18-21 defeat against the Yushi Tanaka of Japan in the pre-handled match of his simple. In the other pre -quarterfinal games of the day involving Indian players, Ayush Shetty lost against Toma Popov in France 13-21 17-21, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran went down to Christo Popov of France 14-21 16-21.
In the feminine double ring of 16 outings, Prerana Alvekar and Mrunmayee Deshpande lost against Hsu Yin-Hui and Lin Jhih Yun 9-21 14-21.
Srikanth prevailed 23-21, 21-17 in the 59-minute confrontation against the world number 33 Nguyen.
Srikanth, whose world ranking fell to 65 due to an extended lean patch, will face Toma Popov French in the last step.
Sathish Karunakaran also bowed. He was beaten 14-21, 16-21 by Toma’s brother and partner of Double Christo Popov.
In the double competition, Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila qualified for the quarter-finals of the mixed event with a victory of 21-17, 18-21, 21-15 against Lea Palerme and Julien Maio de France.
They will then be faced with the Chinese combination of Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Ya Xin.
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