China Open: Srikanth, Sindhu advance to quarterfinals

India's Kidambi Srikanth and P.V. Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals of the China Open with contrasting wins.

Published : Nov 08, 2018 12:05 IST , CHENNAI

Kidambi Srikanth beat Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto to advance to the quarterfinals.
Kidambi Srikanth beat Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto to advance to the quarterfinals.
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Kidambi Srikanth beat Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto to advance to the quarterfinals.

India's Kidambi Srikanth survived a scare but managed to advance to the China Open badminton quarterfinals after beating Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto 10-21, 21-9, 21-9 in their pre-quarterfinal match on Thursday.

Meanwhile, P.V. Sindhu beat Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-12, 21-15.

Sugiarto breezed through the first game 21-10 but Srikanth upped the ante and raced to 11-6 lead in the second. He maintained the good work all thought the game and forced the decider with a 21-9 win.

The decider, too, seemed to go Srikanth's way as he took the early lead at 4-1 and later extended his lead to 12-3. It was Srikanth all the way then as it was a tough ask for Sugiarto to plug the gap.

Later, Sindhu raced to a 11-4 lead in the first game even before the Thai opponent could read the Indian's game. But the Thai player crawled back with some hefty winners to draw close at 10-14 but Sindhu kept her composure to wrap the first game 21-12.

The second game was more evenly contested and with both the players deadlocked at 7-7 at one stage, it looked like it was anybody's game. At 17-15, Sindhu had the slight advantage and used her experience to wrap up the match in quick time at 21-15.

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