CWG 2022: Kidambi Srikanth storms into quarter-finals, beats Dumindu Abeywickrama

The double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu defeated her opponent from Uganda, Husina Kobugabe, without much trouble as she won the match in straight games with a score of 21-10, 21-9 to book her place in the last eight of the women's singles in Birmingham 2022.

Birmingham: Indian ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth qualified for the quarter-finals of men's singles at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on Friday. In his round of 16 tie, Srikanth defeated Sri Lanka's Dumindu Abeywickrama 21-9, 21-12.

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Srikanth will go up against 54th-ranked Toby Penty in the men's singles quarter-final on August 6. The double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu defeated her opponent from Uganda, Husina Kobugabe, without much trouble as she won the match in straight games with a score of 21-10, 21-9 to book her place in the last eight of the women's singles in Birmingham 2022.

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The Indian duo of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly convincingly won their women's doubles round of 16 match to proceed into the quarter-final. The duo defeated Ganesha Mungrah and Jemimah Leung For Sang 21-2, 21-4 in straight games.

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