Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu sailed into the quarter finals of the women’s singles event at the Badminton Asia Championships with a straight-game win over China’s Han Yue here on Thursday.
Among the men, HS Prannoy battled his way into the quarter finals but it was curtains for compatriot Kidambi Srikanth.
While Prannoy, seeded eighth, had to battle it out for an hour and two minutes to prevail over Indonesian Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 16-21, 21-5, 18-21 in a Round-of-16 match, Srikanth was shown the door by fourth-seeded Japanese Kodai Naraoka 14-21, 22-20, 9-21.
Sindhu was at her lethal best as she took just 33 minutes to beat Yue 21-12, 21-15 in a Round-of-16 match. Eighth seed Sindhu will next play second seed An Se Youngof Korea.
In the mixed doubles, Rohan Kapoor and N. Sikki Reddy entered the last-eight after the Korean pair of Seo Seung Jae Chae Yu Jung handed the Indians a walkover.
