Star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen and doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved to the quarter-finals of the China Masters Super 750 tournament on Thursday.
Lakshya Sen defeated Rasmus Gemke of Denmark (21-6, 21-18) while Satwik/Chirag defeated Rasmus Kjaer and Frederik Sogaard of Denmark (21-19, 21-15).
Lakshya will have his work cut out in the quarterfinals as he will be up against third seed Anders Antonsen of Denmark, who defeated Japan’s Takuma Obayashi 21-15 21-18 in his second-round match.
The Indian duo of Satwik/Chirag will meet the Danish combination of Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, who are seeded second here, in the next round.
While the male shuttlers won, PV Sindhu’s campaign ended after a hard-fought game against Ye Jao Min of Singapore.
Lakshya, who missed out on a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, looked at his lethal best while disposing of Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in a 46-minute men’s singles second-round match.
World No.19 Sindhu, who dispatched the higher-ranked Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-17 21-19 in the opening round, fought valiantly before going down 16-21 21-17 21-23 to Min in a match that lasted one hour and nine minutes.
It was curtains for the other two surviving Indian women’s singles players as Anupama Upadhyaya and Malvika Bansod crashed out in the second round.
While Anupama lost 7-21 14-21 to Japan’s Natsuki Nidaira, Malvika was thrashed 9-21 9-21 by eight-seeded Supanida Katethong of Thailand.
The women’s doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand was no match for the second-seeded Chinese pair of Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning.
The world number 18 Indian duo, currently at the eighth spot in the BWF World Tour rankings, lost 16-11 11-21 against their Chinese opponents in a second-round match lasting just 43 minutes.
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