Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy registered straight game wins to advance to the men’s singles quarterfinals at the Indonesia Open World Tour Super 1000 event on Thursday.
Taking the court first, Srikanth used his vast experience to quell the challenge of Lakshya Sen 21-17, 22-20 in an all-Indian second round duel.
It was a hard-fought battle between the two Indians but Srikanth bagged the crucial moments with his calmness and experience to prevail over Lakshya in the match that lasted 45 minutes.
The win ensured Srikanth’s dominance over his younger compatriot as he took his head-to-head record to 3-0 over Lakshya.
Seventh seed Prannoy then took just 43 minutes to get the better of Angus Ng Ka Long of Hong Kong 21-18, 21-16.
Birmingham Commonwealth Games champion and world No. 5 men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Ranikreddy and Chirag Shetty sailed past China’s He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong 21-17, 21-15 in 46 minutes.
The Indian seventh seed will be up against top seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto in the quarterfinals
