In badminton, India’s ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth will take on Hong Kong’s Lee Cheuk Yiu in the Men’s Singles Quarterfinals at the China Masters Super 750 in Shenzhen today. Srikanth defeated world No. 9 Victor Lai of Canada, 21-18, 21-19, yesterday.
India’s top Men’s Doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty progressed to the quarterfinals. They overcame a mid-match wobble to beat French brothers Christo and Toma Junior Popov 21-15, 22-24, and 21-9. However, in Women’s Singles, teenager Tanvi Sharma bowed out in the Round of 16 after a three-game loss to Japan’s Tomoka Miyazak. Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto were also eliminated from Mixed Doubles.
