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Indian shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Lakshya Sen progressed to the quarterfinals of the $500,000 Thailand Open Super 500 tourney with victories successful consecutive sets successful their respective contests present connected Thursday.
The two-time Olympic medallist and seeded sixth Sindhu took a specified 28 minutes to get the amended of Amalie Schulz of Denmark 21-13, 21-15 successful the women's singles event.
The seventh effect Sen defeated China's Zhu Xuan Chen 21-12, 21-13 successful a 2nd circular men's singles lucifer which lasted 39 minutes.
Sindhu volition play against the apical effect and satellite No. 3 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan, portion Sen volition beryllium up against the victor of the lucifer betwen Chines's Taipei Lee Chia Hao and scond effect Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand.
Satwik-Chirag advance
The Indian men's doubles brace of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, the apical seeds, besides progressed to the quarterfinals. They bushed the unseeded Malaysian operation of Bryan Jeremy Goonting and Muhammad Haikal 21-12, 21-19 successful 44 minutes.
The satellite No. 4 Indian duo volition adjacent look sixth seeded Japanese brace of Takumi Nomura and Yuichi Shimogami.
However, it was curtains for young Devika Sihag, who won the Thailand Masters for her maiden Super 300 rubric aboriginal this year. She mislaid 21-23, 11-21 against Pitchamon Opatniputh of Thailand.
Later successful the day, erstwhile satellite No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth volition fastener horns against Chinese Taipei's Su Li Yang.
