Ruthvika, Lakshya in quarters of Vietnam Open

Ruthvika beat Chinese Taipei’s Wan Yi Tang 21-15, 21-12 while Lakshya got the better of Truong Thanh Long 21-14, 21-12.

Published : Sep 07, 2017 16:09 IST , Ho Chi Minh City

India’s Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will meet Indonesia’s Dinar Dyah Ayustine in the quarterfinals on Friday.
India’s Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will meet Indonesia’s Dinar Dyah Ayustine in the quarterfinals on Friday.
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India’s Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will meet Indonesia’s Dinar Dyah Ayustine in the quarterfinals on Friday.

Rising shuttlers Ruthvika Shivani Gadde and Lakshya Sen advanced to the women’s and men’s singles quarterfinals respectively with straight-game wins at the Vietnam Open Grand Prix here today.

The 20-year-old, who had won the gold medal at the 2016 South Asian Games in Guwahati, defeated Tang 21-15, 21-12 to set up a clash with Indonesian third seed Dinar Dyah Ayustine on Friday.

Lakshya posted a comfortable 21-14, 21-12 victory over Truong Thanh Long in just 32 minutes and will next take on Kodai Naraoka of Japan.

Young Indian shuttlers — Pardeshi Shreyanshi and Vrushali Gummadi — however, bowed out of the competition after suffering losses in the pre-quarterfinals.

While Vrushali went down 8-21, 21-12, 10-21 to sixth seed Chen Su Yu of Chinese Taipei, Pardeshi’s gallant fight ended in a 6-21, 21-16, 21-23 loss to Ayustine.

Yesterday, Pratul Joshi lost to Indonesia’s Panji Ahmad Maulana 14-21, 19-21 in men’s singles, while Yeo Jia Min of Singapore ended Reshma Karthik’s stay with a 8-21, 21-7, 21-9 win in another women’s singles match.

Kartikey Gulshan Kumar also bowed out yesterday after losing to Suppanyu Avihingsanon of Thailand 15-21, 17-21 in another men’s singles event.

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