Ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy and Asian Games gold profitable pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the quarterfinals of their respective occasions on the China Masters badminton event at Shenzhen, China on Thursday. World championship bronze medallist Prannoy, the one surviving Indian within the males’s singles occasion, registered a snug 21-12 21-18 win over Magnus Johannesen of Denmark within the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted precisely 40 minutes.

Prannoy, seeded eighth right here, will now tackle third seeded Japanese Kodai Naraoka within the final eight spherical.

Besides Prannoy, world no.5 and high seeds Satwik and Chirag additionally saved the Indian flag flying by progressing to the quarterfinals of males’s doubles occasion with 21-15 21-16 win over Japanese duo of Akira Koga and Taichi Saito.

They will subsequent play Indonesian mixture of Leo Rolly Carnando and Daniel Marthin.

Against Johannesen, Prannoy began on a vivid word and used his sensible play to race to a 6-1 lead within the first sport earlier than the Dane lowered it to 8-6 after which to 14-11.

But the Indian used all his expertise and engaged his opponent in lengthy rallies to tire him out and pocket the primary sport.

The second sport was an intense affair as each the shuttlers fought tooth and nail until 15 factors after which have been tied at 18 apiece earlier than Prannoy obtained the higher of his opponent to shut out the competition and seal his quarterfinal spot.

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