Srikanth continued his giant0killing spree as he defeated seventh seed Chou Tien-Chen
Srikanth shocked seventh seed Chou Tien-Chen of Chinese Taipei 18-21, 22-20, 21-16 in his Hong Kong campaign opener
New Delhi: Newly-crownedd China Open champion Kidambi Srikanth continued his giant-killing spree, while teen sensation P.V. Sindhu too started her campaign on a winning note at the $350,000 Hong Kong Super Series in Kowloon on Wednesday.
Later, Saina Nehwal joined the duo in the pre-quarterfinals beating unseeded Jamie Subandhi of United States 21-17, 21-11 in just 27 minutes.
Srikanth, who stunned five-time world champion Lin Dan last week, shocked seventh seed Chou Tien-Chen of Chinese Taipei 18-21, 22-20, 21-16 in his campaign opener.
Seventh seed Sindhu, who had skipped the China Open, notched up a thrilling 21-15, 16-21, 21-19 win over Thailand’s Busanan Ongbum-rungpan in a women’s singles match that lasted 52 minutes.
Ajay Jayaram, who had won Dutch Open GP last month, proved no match for top seed Chen Long of China as he went down 13-21, 7-21 in another men’s singles match. However, it was curtains for the men’s and women’s doubles pairs as they suffered contrasting defeats to bow out of the competition.
While Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa went down 21-16, 14-21, 21-23 to Malaysians Yin Loo Lim and Lee Meng Yean in women’s doubles action, Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy lost to Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia 15-21, 17-21 in the men’s section.
( Source : PTI )
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