Kuala Lumpur: In badminton, India’s ace players PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy entered the quarter-finals of Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu defeated Phittayaporn Chaiwan of Thailand in the women’s singles pre-quarterfinals by ‘19-21, 21-9, 21-14’ in just 57 minutes. The seventh seeded Indian will next face Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the quarter-finals.
The world No.21, HS Prannoy advanced to the quarter-finals of the men’s singles by defeating Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei by ‘21-15, 21-7’. Unseeded Prannoy will face seventh seed Indonesian Jontan Christie next.
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Later in the day, the seventh seeded men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and former Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap will also be in action.
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