Huelva: India’s ace badminton players, Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth entered the pre-quarter final of men’s singles event of BWF World Championships held in Huelva, Spain on Tuesday.
Lakshya Sen defeated Kenta Nishimoto of Japan by ‘ 22-20,15-21,21-18’. He will face Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand next. Kidambi Srikanth beat Li Shi Feng of China by ’15-21, 21-18, 21-17′ in 69 minutes. He will face the winner of the match between fourth seed Chou Tien Chen and China’s Lu Guang Zu.
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In men’s doubles, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Chinese Taipei’s Lee Jhe-Huei and Yang Po-Hsuan by ‘ 27-25 21-17’ in 43 minutes.
Earlier, two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu beat Martina Repiska of Slovakia by ‘ 21-7, 21-9’ in women’s singles. India’s HS Prannoy and men’s doubles pair MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila yesterday advanced to the second round after registering brilliant victories.
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