In badminton, India’s ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth will face Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu tomorrow in the men’s singles quarterfinals at the China Masters Super 750 in Shenzhen. Srikanth beat Canada’s world No. 9 Victor Lai 21-18, 21-19 today.
Earlier, India’s top men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty overcame a mid-match wobble to beat French brothers Christo and Toma Junior Popov 21-15 22-24 21-9 and progress to the quarterfinals. Teenager Tanvi Sharma bowed out in the Round of 16 after a three-game loss to Japan’s Tomoka Miyazaki in women’s singles, while Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto were eliminated in mixed doubles.
