In Malaysia Open Badminton, the Indian pair of Chirag Shetty and S Rankireddy entered the Men’s doubles quarterfinals. Chirag and Rankireddy defeated Malaysia’s Tan Wee Kiong and Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub in the round of 16 fixture in Kuala Lumpur this evening. However, in Women’s Singles, Malvika Bansod lost to China’s Han Yue 18-21, 11-21 in a round of 16 matches. HS Prannoy also lost to China’s Li Shifeng 8-21, 21-15, 21-23 in Men’s Singles pre-quarterfinals today. Earlier in the day, the Women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand exited the competition in Round 16 after losing 21-15, 18-21, 19-21 to China’s Zhang Shuxian and Jia Yifan.