In Badminton, the World Championships medalist Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarterfinals of the men’s singles event at the ongoing Thailand Masters badminton tournament in Bangkok, Thailand, today. Srikanth, the world number 47  defeated Jason Gunawan of Hong Kong by 21-19, and 21-15 within two successive games.

Last night, Srikanth defeated Israel’s Daniil Dubovenko by 21-13, 21-18. In the first round, the Indian shuttler kept his calm and headed into the interval with an 11-4 lead, eventually winning the first game. In the second game, Srikanth took the easy lead of 10-5, but Dubovenko fought back brilliantly to level the scores at 15-15. Srikanth raised his tempo and closed the match on a high.