Ace Indian shuttlers, P V Sindhu and Ashmita Chaliha have advanced to the Women’s singles quarter-finals of Malaysia Masters Badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Sindhu defeated Yu Jin Sim of South Korea, 21-13, 12-21, 21-14, while, Ashmita beat the American, Beiwen Zhang, 21-19, 16-21, 21-12, in pre-quarters today.

However, in the Men’s Singles pre-quarters, Kiran George lost to Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee 13-21, 18-21. In Men’s doubles pre-quarters, India’s Sai Pratheek and Krishna Prasad Garaga also lost to Chinese pair of Ren Xiangyu and Ji Ting He 11-21, 9-21. Another Indian duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand were defeated by Sung Shuo-yun and Chen Yu of Taiwan, 18-21, 22-20, 14-21 in Women’s doubles pre-quarters.