BWF World Championships: Kidambi Srikanth enters singles quarter-final

Later in the day, B Sai Praneeth and Ajay Jayaram, however, suffered contrasting defeats to crash out of the tournament.

Praneeth fought hard before going down 21-19 10-21 12-21 to World No. 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei, while Jayaram, who had disposed off The Netherland’s Mark Caljouw yesterday, was no match for two-time defending champion Chen Long of China as he lost 11-21 10-21 in 41 minutes.

India’s top mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy, seeded 15th, played their heart out before going down 22-20 18-21 18-21 to Indonesian World Number 6 duo of Debby Susanto and Praveen Jordan.