India shuttler Lakshya Sen progressed to the men’s singles quarter finals with an upset win over Li Shi Feng of China in the Thailand Open Super 500 tournament here on Thursday.
Sen beat his fourth-seeded Chinese opponent 21-17, 21-15 in a Round-of-16 match that lasted 49 minutes.
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Another Indian, Kiran George, who made it to the main round through the qualifiers, also advanced to the quarter finals after beating world No. 26 Weng Hong Yang of China 21-11, 21-19 in 39 minutes.
In women’s singles, Saina Nehwal lost 11-21, 14-21 to world No. 5 He Bing Jao of China.
The doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their pre-quarter final match to Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and Bagas Maulana of Indonesia 26-24,11-21, 17-21.