Saarbrucken (Germany): India's Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the quarterfinals after earning a hard-fought victory against Korea's Dong Ken Lee even as Sourabh Verma crashed out of the Hylo Open Super 500 badminton, here on Thursday.
The seventh-seeded Srikanth had to toil hard for 56 minutes before eking out a 21-9 19-21 21-10 win in the pre-quarterfinal.
The match was much closely fought than what the scoreline suggests.
Srikanth will now meet Hong Kong's NG Ka Long Angus, who is seeded third.
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However there was disappointment in store for Indian fans as Sourabh Verma lost to Thailand's Kantaphon Wangcharaoen 13-21 10-21 in 33 minutes.
In the women's doubles, Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy lost to Nita Violina Marwah and Syaikah Putri in straight games in the last 16 clash.
The Indonesia pair won 21-15 21-16 in just 35 minutes.
Lakshya Sen is pitted against Tzu Wei Wang in another pre quarter-final match.
PTI
