New Delhi, Sep 20, (UNI) London Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu and India's top ranked men's player Kidambi Srikanth registered hard fought victories to advance to the quarter-finals of China Open-2018 in Changzhou, China, on Thursday.
Third seed Sindhu, after loosing first game, came back strongly to defeat Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand 21-23, 21-13, 21-18 to reach into the quarter-finals of the tournament. The match lasted for one hour and nine minutes.
In men's singles, the seventh seeded Srikanth defeated Suppanyu Avihingsanon of Thailand to win the pre-quarter-finals 21-12, 15-21, 24-22 in an hour . The Thai player won the second set to enter the final set, which could have gone either way. But Srikanth showed nerves of steel to advance to the quarter-finals.