Sai Praneeth to face Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in quarterfinals of Thailand Open

B. Sai Praneeth will face Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the men's singles quarterfinals of the Thailand Open in Bangkok today. 

Praneeth stormed into the last-eight defeating compatriot Shubhankar Dey 21-18, 21-19. He is lone India left in the singles event of the tournament.

Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap, H.S.Prannoy and Saina Nehwal crashed out of the tournament after losing their second-round



matches yesterday.

In the men's doubles event, pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will also play their quarter-final match today. The India duo will face Choi Solgyu and Seo Seung Jae of Korea.  

In Mixed Doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will take on Japanese pair of Arisa Higashino and Yuta Watanabe in the last eight.